Spanish Olympian opens up on horrifying rape and abuse ordeal she suffered at the hands of a former partner – as she reveals ‘he had sex without my consent’

Spanish Olympian Ana Peleteiro has opened up about the horrific ordeal of rape and abuse she suffered at the hands of a former partner.

Peleteiro, 29, is a highly decorated triple jumper, with the Spaniard winning a gold medal at the 2024 European Championships, while she also took bronze medals at the 2020 Olympic Games and the 2018 and 2024 World Championships.

The 29-year-old competed similarly at the 2024 Summer Olympics, although she could only manage a sixth-place finish in Paris.

Peleteiro, who is also the Spanish national record holder in the triple jump, is currently married to French triple jumper Benjamin Compaore.

However, take TikTok last week, Peleteiro released a video on her channel in which she courageously opened up about what she was a victim of in a previous relationship.

The European champion joined the viral trend on social media under the name ‘y aun asi me quede’, which means ‘and yet I stayed’, in which several girls record themselves recounting situations of abuse in an attempt to help other women help those who are faced with something similar.

In the clip, Peleteiro denounced the repeated rapes and psychological abuse of her former partner, whom she did not name, before explaining that despite everything, she found it difficult to break up with her.

“I woke up at night having sex without consent,” she said. ‘And yet I stayed. Absolutely everything about me changed, from my clothes to my hair, the way I interacted with my family and distanced myself from so many people. And yet I stayed.

‘He told me that if we didn’t have sex whenever he wanted it would damage the relationship and after all, those who don’t eat at home eat out. And (he said) that if he should be unfaithful to me afterwards, I should not be surprised. And yet I stayed.

‘I would go to his house on weekends and he would disappear and suddenly I knew nothing.

“And all weekend he would say good morning to me, maybe every now and then one day, and apologize saying he needed his space and I should trust him and let him do those things because that was normal in a relationship. And yet I stayed.

‘He came back from those trips with hickeys on his body and he told me they were bites from insects that might have been in his mattress. And yet I stayed.’

Peleteiro also highlighted the emotional manipulation she suffered and how her former partner’s infidelity was played against her.

“Every time I suspected he was talking to another girl, whether he was trying to or (I) was about to discover an infidelity, he would tell me that I was completely crazy, that it was all a fabrication in my were head,” she explained. .

‘I discovered hundreds of emails in which his ex-partner deleted his, drove her crazy and told me she was obsessed with him. And yet I stayed.

‘He received letters from his loved ones back home. And often I would receive the letters and out of distrust I would read them and say they were obsessed with him. And yet I stayed.’

Peleteiro concluded her video by highlighting why she opened up about her situation and emphasizing that there is a way out for women who find themselves in a similar position.

“I’m not going to continue (this video) because I think enough is enough, but I just wanted to do it so that if you identify with any of these signals, please run away,” she said.

‘You will never be happy and they will do you a lot of harm. Try to go to therapy, because leaving a relationship with a narcissist is very complicated, because they lower your self-esteem to minus 20.

“But with help and with people around you who love you, you can get out and start all over again and live a real, good, beautiful life.”