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.
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, Marrakesh 2014) and 17.14 metres indoors (Liévin 2012).
Personal life Born in France, Compaoré was born to a Burkinabe father and French mother. He has a daughter with his wife, the Spanish triple jumper Ana Peleteiro, born in 2022 and called Lua. He has three other daughters (Cassandra, Olympia and Iris) from a previous relationship.
Achievements Representing 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 Zurich, Switzerland 1st Triple jump 17.46 m 2015 World Championships Beijing, China 12th Triple jump 16.63 m2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States3rdTriple jump17.09 mEuropean ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands12thTriple jump16.12 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil10thTriple jump16.54 m2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom21st (q)Triple jump16.46 m2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar22nd (q)Triple jump16.59 m2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan19th (q)Triple jump16.59 m2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States25th (q)Triple jump16.03 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany20th (q)Triple jump15.17 m2023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey8thTriple jump16.11 m2024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy12thTriple jump16.05 m
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