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Ana Peleteiro

Ana Peleteiro

Spanish triple jumper

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Peleteiro and the second or maternal family name is Brión.

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]

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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

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References

  1. [1]
    "'Kangaroo girl' Peleteiro bounds out to European indoor triple jump title". European Athletics. 3 March 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Women's Triple Jump Final | Tokyo Olympics 2020". Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  3. [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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