Ana Peleteiro Explained
Birth Name: | Ana Peleteiro Brión |
Full Name: | Ana Peleteiro-Compaoré Brión |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Birth Date: | 2 December 1995 |
Birth Place: | A Coruña, Spain |
Height: | 1.71 m |
Weight: | 52 kg |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Triple jump |
Olympics: | with NR |
Ana Peleteiro-Compaoré Brión (née Peleteiro Brión; born 2 December 1995 in A Coruña, Spain) is a Spanish triple jumper and the current national record holder. She won the gold medal in the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships[1] and at the 2024 European Championships. She had previously won bronze medals at the 2018 World Indoor Championships and 2018 European Championships. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won the bronze medal with a national record of 14.87 m.[2]
She received the award for Best Young Athlete from the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation in 2011.
Personal life
Peleteiro was born in the province of La Coruña, Spain, to a black African father and white Spanish mother, and adopted by a Spanish family as an only child. She is married to the French triple jumper Benjamin Compaoré, and had a daughter with him in December 2022.[3]
International competitions
2011 | World Youth Championships | Lille, France | 3rd | 12.92 m |
European Youth Olympic Festival | Trabzon, Turkey | 1st | 13.17 m |
2012 | World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | 14.17 m |
2013 | European Junior Championships | Rieti, Italy | 3rd | 13.29 m |
2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 6th | 13.71 m w (+3.2 m/s) |
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 11th | 13.59 m |
2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 5th | 14.13 m |
European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 14.19 m |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 7th | 14.23 m |
2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 3rd | 14.40 m |
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 3rd | 14.44 m |
2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 14.73 m |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 6th | 14.47 m |
2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 14.52 m |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | |
2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 8th | 14.30 m |
2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 3rd | 14.75 m |
European Championships | Rome, Italy | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 14.85 m |
Olympic Games | Paris, France | 6th | 14.59 m | |
External links
Notes and References
- News: 'Kangaroo girl' Peleteiro bounds out to European indoor triple jump title . . 3 March 2019.
- Web site: Women's Triple Jump Final . . 1 August 2021 . 1 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210801120706/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-triple-jump-fnl-000100-.htm . dead.
- Web site: Ana Peleteiro: "En España hay clasismo más que racismo. Y yo como española me incluyo" . 21 November 2022 . Glamour España.