 Yordanis García at the 2011 TNT – Fortuna Meeting in Kladno | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Yordanis García Barrisonte |
| Born | (1988-11-21) November 21, 1988 (age 36) San Juan y Martínez, Pinar del Río |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Cuba |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Updated on 28 December 2014 | |
Yordanis García Barrisonte (Spanish pronunciation: [ʝoɾˈðanis ɣaɾˈsi.a βariˈsonte]; born November 21, 1988, in San Juan y Martínez, Pinar del Río) is a male decathlete from Cuba who competed for his native country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The 2005 World Youth champion, he is a two-time medallist at the Pan American Games and has competed at the World Championships in Athletics on three occasions (2007, 2009, 2011). He is the nephew of Yenima Arencibia.
Career
He had his first international success came at the age of sixteen at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics. His winning score in the octathlon, 6482 points, was a new world youth record for the event. García had taken time to develop at the youth level but the Cuban combined events coach, Gabino Arzola, remained convinced that he would mature. Along with Leonel Suárez and Yunior Díaz, García was one of a young Cuban trio that Arzola hoped would gain selection for the 2012 London Olympics. In 2006, García became the Cuban decathlon champion and won a silver medal at the World Junior Championships behind Russian Arkadiy Vasilyev. His runner-up performance was achieved through personal bests in every event but the long jump, 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 2007 Pan American Games and took eighth place at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics with a personal best and Cuban record score of 8257 points. He went on to compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics 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 Havana and went on to finish eighth at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics with 8387 points.
At the start of the outdoor season in 2010, he came third at the Multistars meeting then won at the Erdgas Meeting in Ratingen, Germany – 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 Décastar 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 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but dropped out for the second time that season after six events. Suárez topped the podium at the 2011 Pan American Games in October and García joined him with a bronze medal performance.
At the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships 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 Mehrkampf-Meeting Ratingen a month later. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 14th place with a total of 7956 points.
He competed at the 2015 World Championships, but did not finish. At the 2016 Olympics, he finished in 18th place with 7961 points.
Personal bests
Outdoor
| Event | Performance | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | 10.5 (ht) |
La Habana |
9 May 2013 |
| 400 m | 48.17 A |  Xalapa |
24 November 2014 |
| 1500 m | 4:31.40 | La Habana |
6 May 2011 |
| 110 m hurdles | 13.89 (wind: +0.5 m/s) |
 Ratingen |
21 June 2009 |
| High jump | 2.10m | La Habana |
29 May 2009 |
| Pole vault | 4.90m | La Habana |
20 March 2010 |
| Long jump | 7.36m (wind: +0.2 m/s) |
La Habana |
29 May 2009 |
| Shot put | 16.50m | La Habana |
29 May 2009 |
| Discus throw | 47.70m | La Habana |
19 July 2008 |
| Javelin throw | 69.37m | Berlin |
20 August 2009 |
| Decathlon | 8496pts | La Habana |
30 May 2009 |
Indoor
| Event | Performance | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 m | 6.89 |  Tallinn |
7 February 2009 |
| 1000 m | 2:50.21 |  Istanbul |
10 March 2012 |
| 60 m hurdles | 7.80 |  Göteborg |
2 February 2010 |
| High jump | 2.08m |  Sumy |
17 February 2010 |
| Pole vault | 4.70m |  Sevilla |
22 February 2009 |
| Long jump | 6.99m | Tallinn |
12 February 2010 |
| Shot put | 15.93m | Sevilla |
21 February 2009 |
| Heptathlon | 5905pts | Sevilla |
21 February 2009 |
Achievements
References
- "XXIX JUEGOS OLIMPICOS BEIJING 2008 - Delegación Cubana" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Deportes Educación Física y Recreación (INDER). p. 57. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
- Yordanis Garcia - Beijing in his sights after World Youth Best. IAAF (2005-07-25). Retrieved on 2010-06-21.
- Turner, Chris (2006-08-17). World Junior Champs, Day 3 – PM session summary. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-21.
- van Kuijen, Hans (2010-06-20). Garcia and Oeser prevail in Ratingen - IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-21.
- van Kuijen, Hans (2010-09-19). Suarez and Chernova prevail in Talence - IAAF World Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-19.
- 2011 World Championships - Decathlon Summary Archived 2012-08-02 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-16.
- Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-26). Suarez and Armstrong set new records, Clarke outsprints Collins - Pan American Games, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-16.
- "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon (final results)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 27, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
- Wenig, Jörg (2012-06-16). Bourrada breaks African record in Ratingen, Day 2 - IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-16.
- "Yordanis García Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- "IAAF: Yordani Garcia | Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
External links
- Yordanis García at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yordanis García". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03.
- Tilastopaja biography
| World Youth Champions in men's combined events | |
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| Octathlon (2001–2013) |
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| Decathlon (since 2015) |
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| Central American and Caribbean Games champions in men's pentathlon and decathlon | |
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- 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 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
- Competitors 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