Ana Peleteiro

Spanish triple jumper

  • Triple jump (outdoor): 14.87 m (48 ft 9+1⁄4 in) NR
  • Triple jump (indoor): 14.74 m (48 ft 4+1⁄4 in) NR
  • Long jump (outdoor): 5.99 m (19 ft 7+3⁄4 in)
  • Long jump (indoor): 5.87 m (19 ft 3 in)
Medal record

Ana Peleteiro Brión (born 2 December 1995 in Ribeira, Galicia, 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] 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 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.[3]

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

References

  1. ^ "'Kangaroo girl' Peleteiro bounds out to European indoor triple jump title". European Athletics. 3 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Women's Triple Jump Final | Tokyo Olympics 2020". Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Ana Peleteiro: "En España hay clasismo más que racismo. Y yo como española me incluyo"". Glamour España. 21 November 2022.

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