Leonel Suárez
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| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Decathlon / Heptathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leonel Suárez Fajardo (born September 1, 1987) is a
2009 World Championships. He won a third consecutive global medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
, taking bronze.
He was born in
2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships
).
Career
Suárez was fourth at the
IAAF World Combined Events Challenge that year. He scored a gold medal at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
.
He competed at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but only managed seventh place. In the outdoor season, he was runner-up at the 2010 Multistars meeting in Desenzano del Garda, finishing with 8112 points behind American Jake Arnold.[2] He was third at the Hypo-Meeting at the end of May, but he reached the top of the podium at the Décastar competition in Talence with a total of 8328 points.[3]
At the 2011 Hypo Meeting he threw a meeting record of 75.49 m in the javelin, although his final score of 8440 points for second place was some distance behind the winner
IAAF Combined Events Challenge title that year.[7]
Personal best
- Decathlon: 8654 pts – Havana, 4 July 2009
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Cuba
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| 2005 | ALBA Games | Havana, Cuba | 4th | Decathlon | 7048 pts |
| 2007 | NACAC Combined Events Championships | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 2nd | Decathlon | 7843 pts |
| Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|
4th | Decathlon
|
7936 pts | |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | PR China
|
3rd | Decathlon | 8527 pts NR |
| 2009 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Havana, Cuba
|
1st | Decathlon | 8654 pts NR AR |
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany
|
2nd | Decathlon | 8640 pts | |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar
|
7th | Heptathlon | 5764 pts |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea
|
3rd | Decathlon | 8501 pts |
| Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico
|
1st | Decathlon | 8374 pts | |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom
|
3rd | Decathlon | 8523 pts |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia
|
10th | Decathlon | 8317 pts |
| 2015 | Pan American Combined Events Cup | Ottawa, Canada | — | Decathlon | DNF |
| Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada
|
– | Decathlon | DNF | |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|
6th | Decathlon | 8460 pts |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom
|
– | Decathlon | DNF |
| 2018 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia
|
1st | Decathlon | 8026 pts |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru
|
5th | Decathlon | 7799 pts |
References
- ^ a b Leonel Suarez's profile at the IAAF site
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-04.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-19.
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2011-05-29). World champions Hardee and Ennis set world season leads in Götzis - IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-18.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-18.
- ^ Hart, Simon (August 28, 2011). "World Athletics Championships 2011: American Trey Hardee retains decathlon title as Ashton Eaton fades". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
- ^ Suárez and Chernova are the overall winners of the 2011 IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF (2011-09-22). Retrieved on 2011-10-01.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leonel Suárez.
- Leonel Suárez at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leonel Suárez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- Tilastopaja biography
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