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

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

) is a Spanish

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

er and the current national record holder. She won the gold medal in the

2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held between 1 and 3 March 2019 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. This was the second time this event was held in the city after the 1990 edition and the third time it was held in the ...

. She had previously won bronze medals at the 2018 World Indoor Championships and

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...

. At the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

, 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 The Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Real Federación Española de Atletismo'', RFEA), is the governing body for the sport of athletics (sport), athletics in Spain. As of 2020, the federation has 1,411 registered clu ...

in 2011.

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Ana Peleteiro
at RFEA * 1995 births Living people People from O Barbanza Sportspeople from the Province of A Coruña Spanish female triple jumpers Spanish female long jumpers Adoptees Spanish Athletics Championships winners Castelao Medal recipients European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Spain Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic athletes of Spain {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub