Leonel Suárez
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Leonel Suárez at the 2011 TNT – Fortuna Meeting in Kladno
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| Full name | Leonel Suárez Fajardo |
| Nationality |  Cuba |
| Born | 1 September 1987 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba |
| Height | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).[1] |
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Decathlon / Heptathlon |
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Medal record
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| Updated on 4 July 2013. | |
Leonel Suárez Fajardo (born September 1, 1987 in Santiago de Cuba) is a decathlete from Cuba. He was bronze medalist in the event at the 2012 Summer Olympics,2008 Summer Olympics and silver medalist at the 2009 World Championships. He won a third consecutive global medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, taking bronze.
His personal best for the decathlon is 8654 points (which set in Havana, winning the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships).
Career
Suárez was fourth at the 2007 Pan American Games. In 2008, he was also fourth at Hypo-Meeting (setting a national record of 8366 pts) and finished as runner-up in 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 Trey Hardee.[4] After a modest start at the 2011 TNT - Fortuna Meeting, he began the second day in ninth place but he pulled himself back into contention and, helped by a pole vault best of 5.00 m, he took the men's title with a total of 8231 points.[5] At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in August, Suárez won the bronze medal in decathlon with a final points tally of 8501.[6] Although he had not won all of is outings, his consistent high scores over the three meetings earned him the 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 |
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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 | Beijing, 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 | |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leonel Suarez's profile at the IAAF site
- ↑ Sampaolo, Diego (2010-05-10). Arnold and Goncharova prevail in Desenzano del Garda – IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-04.
- ↑ van Kuijen, Hans (2010-09-19). Suarez and Chernova prevail in Talence - IAAF World Combined Events Challenge. 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.
- ↑ Procházka, Michal (2011-06-17). Chernova impresses with 6773pts tally in Kladno – IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-18.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 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
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- Leonel Suárez profile at IAAF
- sports-reference
- Tilastopaja biography
- Leonel Suárez in EcuRed, the official Cuban online encyclopedia (Spanish)
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Santiago de Cuba
- Cuban decathletes
- Cuban male athletes
- Olympic athletes of Cuba
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games competitors for Cuba
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Cuba
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
