Benjamin Compaoré

Benjamin Compaoré

Compaoré in 2013
Personal information
Born	August 5, 1987 Bar-le-Duc, France
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Triple jump
Medal record World Indoor Championships 2016 Portland Triple jump European Championships 2014 Zürich Triple jump

Benjamin Compaoré (born 5 August 1987) is a French athlete specialising in the triple jump. He 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
Representing  France
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
	Olympics 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

References

External links

• Benjamin Compaoré profile at IAAF