The Galician athlete Ana Peleteiro, European champion and Olympic triple jump medalist in Tokyo 2020, has denounced in a video published on her TikTok account that she suffered sexual assault and psychological abuse from an ex-boyfriend who she has not identified. This is not the first time he has talked about this episode.
“I woke up at night having sex without consentand still I stayed. It changed absolutely everything about mefrom the clothes to the hair, the way I act with my family. He managed to distance me from a lot of people, and I still stayed“he lamented.
The athlete, who turned 29 on December 2, says it with the aim of “serving so that other girls do not stay, at least as many times“.
As part of a movement that has emerged on TikTok with the name ‘And even so I stayed’, he recalled: “I said that I did not speak publicly about our relationship to protect us because he who does not know does not spoil. And even so, I stayed. He argued with me and threatened to leave me every time I uploaded stories with him about anything from day to day.. And still, I stayed. She had new friends every month and she made up movies that they were friends from a thousand years ago and it was a lie. They were like lovers. At that time, I obviously didn’t know. Now yes: and still I stayed because I believed it“.
In her story, the national record holder (14.87 meters) talks about how her ex-boyfriend cheated on her: “He put on a tempered glass, which didn’t allow you to see the phone, unless you were facing it, because he said he couldn’t stop looking at the phone every time he wrote.. And still, I stayed. Every time I suspected that he was talking to another person, another girl, because he was trying or about to discover an infidelity, He told me that I was completely crazy, that they were inventions in my head.. And that it was going to end up breaking up our relationship due to so much mistrust. And yet, I stayed.”
Peleteiro has also explained that when the pandemic arrived he left her alone “for four months” having the opportunity to spend it together.
“I discovered that I had a double life, another secret relationship. And still I stayed and forgave him. If I went to his house on the weekends, he would disappear and suddenly I knew absolutely nothing. And throughout the weekend, he would say to me, maybe one day sporadically, good morning, and he would excuse himself by saying that he needed his space and that I had to trust him and let him do those things because that was normal in a relationship. And yet I stayed.”
He then noted: “He would come back from those trips with hickeys on his body and he would tell me that they were bites from bugs that maybe were in his mattress.. And still I stayed. He told me that if we didn’t have sex whenever he wanted, it would deteriorate the relationship and that, after all, anyone who didn’t eat at home ate out.. And if he was unfaithful to me later, I wouldn’t be surprised either. And still I stayed.”
Her current life with Benjamin Compaoré
After missing out on a medal at the Paris Olympic Games, where she finished sixth at the Stadium de France, Peleteiro announced last September that she was returning to Galicia after many years training in Guadalajara with the Cuban Iván Pedrosa, to start training with her current boyfriend, the French triple jumper Benjamin Compaoré.
They are both parents of a girl named Paddy. In 2023, Peleteiro had already reported that his previous partner forced him to stop following other athletes on social networks. The Galician had a five-year relationship, between 2016 and 2021, with the Portuguese Olympic champion, of Ivorian origin, Nelson Évora. Months later, she began her relationship with Benjamín Campoaré.
After the impact that his message has generated, he wrote a message of gratitude on Instagram: “Thank you very much to each and every one of the people who are writing to me with messages of support and incredible words”.
And he added: “I basically made the video because it is a Trend that many people are doing right now on TikTok. I had previously spoken about this episode of my life and I do so calmly, maturely and above all from a point in which I am already capable of externalizing it.because thanks to my people, therapy and time, I have been able to overcome it ‘almost’ without consequences.”
In this sense, he also explained: “That does not mean that we should not talk about these types of things to raise awareness among other people and especially among the youngest.so that if they are going through something similar, they can locate it and get out of there.
And he has stated: “I will never be silent, I will not stop talking about it no matter how many years have passed or no matter how much I have already overcome it. Because These testimonials are necessary to locate certain behaviors and ask for help“.
In another post, she left a message for her daughter’s father: “Good, beautiful love, based on respect and ambition, exists and sometimes it comes when you least expect it. Now I am and I am happy. I have a MAN by my side who loves me with all my virtues and defects. That makes me feel safe, that doesn’t make me doubt myself or him and that makes me a better person every day. A relationship without egos and without envy. A relationship in which we are both going in the same direction and that we support each other to grow together, but also individually.”
In his message, he celebrated: “Who taught me to love and respect myself again, when I was completely broken. He rebuilt me and gave me back my smile and confidence. Thank you life for this gift. My sunshine after the storm”.
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