Yordanis García Barrisonte (; born November 21, 1988, in

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) is a male decathlete from

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who competed for his native country at the

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. The 2005 World Youth champion, he is a two-time medallist at the

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and has competed at the

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on three occasions (2007, 2009, 2011). He is the nephew of

Yenima Arencibia Yenima Arencibia Barrisontes (or Yenima Arencibia Barrizonte; born December 25, 1984, in San Luis, Pinar del Río) is a female Cuban sprint hurdler. Career Arencibia represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed ...

Career

He had his first international success came at the age of sixteen at the

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. His winning score in the

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, 6482 points, was a new world youth record for the event. García had taken time to develop at the youth level but the Cuban

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s coach, Gabino Arzola, remained convinced that he would mature. Along with

Leonel Suárez 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 consecutiv ...

and

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, García was one of a young Cuban trio that Arzola hoped would gain selection for the

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. In 2006, García became the Cuban decathlon champion and won a

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at the World Junior Championships behind

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. His runner-up performance was achieved through personal bests in every event but the

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, which resulted in a Cuban junior record of 7850 points. García's first senior championship appearances came in 2007, in which he won a silver at the

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and took eighth place at the

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with a personal best and Cuban record score of 8257 points. He went on to compete at the

and just scraped below the 8000-point barrier by eight points, finishing in fifteenth overall. García's compatriot Leonel Suárez, on the other hand, had broken the national record with an 8527-point performance for the Olympic bronze medal. In 2009, García improved his personal best to 8496 points in

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with 8387 points. At the start of the outdoor season in 2010, he came third at the

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meeting then won at the

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– outdoing Suárez with a season's best of 8288. Later that season on the European circuit, he managed fourth place with a total of 8174 points at the

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meeting in September – a contest won by his rival Suárez. He began 2011 with a season's best of 8397 points in Havana, but fared less well in Europe, dropping out of the Hypo Meeting and coming sixth with 8067 points at the TNT-Fortuna Meeting. He competed at the

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, but dropped out for the second time that season after six events. Suárez topped the podium at the

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in October and García joined him with a bronze medal performance. At the

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he came seventh in a small heptathlon field with a tally of 5704 points. He was seventh at the Hypo Meeting in May but improved to third place at the

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a month later. He competed at the

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, finishing in 14th place with a total of 7956 points. He competed at the 2015 World Championships, but did not finish. At the

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, he finished in 18th place with 7961 points.

Personal bests

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Tilastopaja biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Yordanis 1988 births Living people Cuban decathletes Sportspeople from Pinar del Río Cuban male athletes Olympic athletes for Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze 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 Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Cuban Athletics Championships winners