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Ana Peleteiro
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Ana Peleteiro in 2019
Personal information
Nationality Spanish
Born (1995-12-02) 2 December 1995 (age 28)
Ribeira, A Coruña, Spain
Height 1.71 m
Weight 52 kg
Sport
Country  Spain
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Triple jump
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals Bronze with 14.87 m (48 ft 9.30807087 in) NR
Personal best(s)
  • Triple jump (outdoor): 14.87 m (48 ft 9.30807087 in) NR
  • Triple jump (indoor): 14.74 m (48 ft 4.18996063 in)
  • Long jump (outdoor): 5.99 m (19 ft 7.70177166 in)
  • Long jump (indoor): 5.87 m (19 ft 2.97736221 in)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Bronze 2020 Tokyo Triple jump
World Indoor Championships
Bronze 2018 Birmingham Triple jump
Bronze 2024 Glasgow Triple jump
European Championships
Gold 2024 Rome Triple jump
Bronze 2018 Berlin Triple jump
European Indoor Championships
Gold 2019 Glasgow Triple jump
Silver 2021 Toruń Triple jump

Ana Peleteiro Brión (born 2 December 1995 in Ribeira, 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 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.

She received the award for Best Young Athlete from the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation in 2011.

Personal life

Peleteiro was born in Spain to a black African father and white Galician 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.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
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 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 1st 14.73 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 6th 14.47 m
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 2nd 14.52 m
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 3rd 14.87 m NR
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 1st 14.85 m

See also

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