Compressport

Compressport was born on the racecourse in 2008, launching its first sleeve — the R2 — at Ironman Nice. It’s stayed close to that starting point ever since: rather than designing from a boardroom, every product traces back to a real athlete’s request for better performance. By 2010 the brand had become the #1 sleeve brand at the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona, and growth followed fast — 33 countries by 2011, 70 by 2013, over 100 by 2019.

Behind the racing pedigree sits a genuine R&D operation: The Lab, led by Body-Science Manager Arnaud Ménétrier, has been running biomechanical and physiological testing since 2011, working with elite athletes and a network of 35 field testers to validate every product before it reaches shelves. The result is a brand that leans hard into function over fashion — if Compressport products look different, it’s usually because they’re built to perform differently, not for the sake of standing out.