Leonel Suárez

Leonel Suárez Fajardo, born on 1 September 1987 in Santiago de Cuba, is a Cuban decathlete. He won bronze medals in the decathlon at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, silver at the 2009 World Championships and bronze at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, a run of global medals that also included the IAAF Combined Events Challenge title in 2011. His personal best of 8654 points was set in Havana on 4 July 2009 while winning the Central American and Caribbean Championships. Earlier results include fourth place at the 2007 Pan American Games, a national record of 8366 points at the 2008 Hypo-Meeting and a meeting record 75.49 metre javelin throw at the 2011 Hypo Meeting. He also won the Decastar meeting in Talence with 8328 points and, in 2011, the TNT-Fortuna Meeting with 8231 points.