Overview
- Peleteiro announced the birth on July 1, posting family photos and confirming the newborn’s name as León Compaoré Peleteiro.
- The child’s father is Benjamín Compaoré, who appears in the joint Instagram post and is identified as Peleteiro’s husband, coach and training partner.
- The couple framed León as their 'bebé arcoíris' to mark his arrival after a pregnancy loss at 13 weeks that they had spoken about publicly.
- Their Instagram images show intimate moments with the baby and a message calling the delivery a 'soñ ado' or 'parto soñado', using the Strawberry Moon as a symbolic backdrop.
- Peleteiro’s announcement adds to her public narrative of balancing elite sport and motherhood after the 2022 birth of daughter Lúa and a return to top competition following maternity.