Ana 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]
 Peleteiro in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ana Peleteiro Brión |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born | 2 December 1995 A Coruña, Spain |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Triple jump |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals |  with 14.87 m (48 ft 9+1⁄4 in) NR |
| Personal bests |
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Medal record | |
She received the award for Best Young Athlete from the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation in 2011.
Personal life
editPeleteiro 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "'Kangaroo girl' Peleteiro bounds out to European indoor triple jump title". European Athletics. 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Women's Triple Jump Final". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Ana Peleteiro: "En España hay clasismo más que racismo. Y yo como española me incluyo"". Glamour España. 21 November 2022.
External links
edit- Ana Peleteiro at World Athletics
- Ana Peleteiro at RFEA (archive) (in Spanish)
- Ana Peleteiro at Olympedia (archive)
- Ana Peleteiro at Olympics.com
- Ana Peleteiro at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Ana Peleteiro – COE – Paris 2024 (in Spanish)
- Ana Peleteiro Brión at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
