Leonel Suárez

Leonel Suárez

Leonel Suárez at the 2011 TNT – Fortuna Meeting in Kladno
Personal information
Full name	Leonel Suárez Fajardo
Nationality	Cuba
Born	(1987-09-01) 1 September 1987 (age 29) Holguin, Cuba
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Decathlon / Heptathlon
Medal record Men’s athletics Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Decathlon 2012 London Decathlon World Championships 2009 Berlin Decathlon 2011 Daegu Decathlon Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Decathlon CAC Championships 2009 Havana Decathlon
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).

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. 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.