Benjamin Compaoré
Benjamin Compaoré (born 5 August 1987) is a French athlete specialising in the triple jump. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]
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Born | Bar-le-Duc, France | 5 August 1987|||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||
Event(s) | Triple jump | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Compaoré won the gold medal at the 2014 European Championships and the bronze at the 2016 World Indoor Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 17.48 metres outdoors (-0.1 m/s, Marrakech 2014) and 17.14 metres indoors (Liévin 2012).
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2005 | European Junior Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 5th | Triple jump | 15.81 m |
2006 | World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 1st | Triple jump | 16.61 m (-0.5 m/s) |
2007 | European Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 13th (q) | Triple jump | 16.19 m |
2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 5th | Triple jump | 16.99 m |
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 8th | Triple jump | 17.17 m |
2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 6th | Triple jump | 17.05 m |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 6th | Triple jump | 17.08 m | |
2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 10th (q) | Triple jump | 16.48 m |
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 1st | Triple jump | 17.46 m |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 12th | Triple jump | 16.63 m |
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 3rd | Triple jump | 17.09 m |
European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 12th | Triple jump | 16.12 m | |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 10th | Triple jump | 16.54 m | |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 21st (q) | Triple jump | 16.46 m |
2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 22nd (q) | Triple jump | 16.59 m |
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References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Benjamin Compaoré". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
External links
- Benjamin Compaoré at World Athletics
- Benjamin Compaoré at European Athletics
- Benjamin Compaoré at the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (in French)
- Benjamin Compaoré at the International Olympic Committee
- Benjamin Compaoré at the Olympic Channel
- Benjamin Compaoré at Olympedia
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