Leonel Suárez Fajardo (born September 1, 1987) is a decathlete from Cuba. He was a bronze medalist in the event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and a silver medalist at the 2009 World Championships. He won a third consecutive global medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, taking bronze.
He was born in Santiago de Cuba. 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.Sampaolo, Diego (2010-05-10). Arnold and Goncharova prevail in Desenzano del Garda – IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-04. 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.van Kuijen, Hans (2010-09-19). Suarez and Chernova prevail in Talence - IAAF World Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-19.
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.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. 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.Procházka, Michal (2011-06-17). Chernova impresses with 6773pts tally in Kladno – IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-18. At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in August, Suárez won the bronze medal in decathlon with a final points tally of 8501. 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.Suárez and Chernova are the overall winners of the 2011 IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF (2011-09-22). Retrieved on 2011-10-01.
Personal best Decathlon: 8654 pts – Havana, 4 July 2009
International competitions Representing 2005ALBA GamesHavana, Cuba4thDecathlon7048 pts2007NACAC Combined Events ChampionshipsSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic 2ndDecathlon7843 ptsPan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil4thDecathlon7936 pts2008Olympic Games Beijing, PR China 3rdDecathlon8527 pts NR2009Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba 1stDecathlon8654 pts NR ARWorld Championships Berlin, Germany 2ndDecathlon8640 pts2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar7thHeptathlon5764 pts2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea 3rdDecathlon8501 ptsPan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico 1stDecathlon8374 pts2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom 3rdDecathlon8523 pts2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia10thDecathlon8317 pts2015Pan American Combined Events CupOttawa, Canada —DecathlonDNFPan American GamesToronto, Canada –DecathlonDNF2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil6thDecathlon8460 pts2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom –DecathlonDNF2018Central American and Caribbean GamesBarranquilla, Colombia1stDecathlon8026 pts2019Pan American GamesLima, Peru5thDecathlon7799 pts
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Tilastopaja biography