At the 2010 Barrientos Memorial - a prestigious annual track and field meet held in Cuba - Yordani García delivered an outstanding performance in the decathlon, scoring 8381 points.
Yordani Garcia claimed numerous regional titles and competed in three Olympic Games. In all three of his Olympic appearances (2008, 2012, 2016), he finished just shy of the 8000 ‐point mark. That’s unusually consistent ‐ and a
Leonel Suárez won the Talence Decastar decathlon with a world-class 8328 points, leading a remarkably deep field featuring eight athletes over 8000 points and confirming Talence’s status as one of the premier combined-events meetings in the world.
Explore the leading performances in Cuban men’s decathlon history, featuring the top all ‐time scores and complete event ‐by ‐event results. The list highlights Cuba’s best decathletes across different generations, from
The 2009 Ratingen decathlon was won by Cuba’s Yordani Garcia with 8348 points, narrowly ahead of Germany’s Norman Müller (8295), while Stefan Drews completed the podium in third with 7858 points.
The 2010 Ratingen decathlon was won by Cuba's Yordani Garcia with 8288 points, narrowly beating compatriot Leonel Suárez (8243), while Austria’s Dominik Distelberger finished third with 7713 points.
The discipline and training applied by decathletes have always been regarded by me as the ultimate in athletic dedication. Whilst it is of course always a huge honour for any decathlete to achieve the ultimate status of World Champion, I cannot help but regard all those who dedicate themselves to this most gruelling of athletic disciplines as Champions - unknown person