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]
 Ana Peleteiro in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ana Peleteiro Brión |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born | 2 December 1995 Ribeira (A Coruña), Galicia, 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 | |
She received the award for Best Young Athlete from the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation in 2011.
Personal life edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ "'Kangaroo girl' Peleteiro bounds out to European indoor triple jump title". European Athletics. 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Women's Triple Jump Final | Tokyo Olympics 2020". 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 Archived 13 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine at RFEA
- Ana Peleteiro at World Athletics
- Ana Peleteiro at Olympics.com
- Ana Peleteiro at Olympedia
- Ana Peleteiro at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
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