Yunior Díaz

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Yunior Díaz
Yunior Diaz at TNT Fortuna Meeting in Kladno 15June2011 116.jpg
Yunior Díaz at the 2011 TNT – Fortuna Meeting decathlon in Kladno
Personal information
Full nameYunior Díaz Zayas
Born (1987-04-28) April 28, 1987 (age 36)
Sancti Spíritus
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Sport Athletics
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
CAC Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Havana Decathlon
Updated on 25 December 2014.

Yunior Díaz Zayas (born 28 April 1987 in Sancti Spíritus) is a Cuban track and field athlete who specialises in the decathlon and long jump. [1] He represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics and also at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. He won the silver medal at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics.

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Career

His first success as a junior athlete came at the 2005 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships where he won the silver medal. [2] [3] Díaz emerged as one of a talented trio of Cuban male decathletes along with Leonel Suárez and Yordanis García. Cuban combined events coach Gabino Arzola stated in 2005 that it was his intent to see three Cubans compete in the decathlon at the 2012 Olympic Games. [4]

He set a decathlon personal best of 8057 in his home town of Havana in March 2008, breaking the 8000-point barrier for the first time. [5] Díaz's first appearance on the global stage came soon after at 2008 Summer Olympics, but he did not compete in his specialist event but rather as part of Cuba's 4×400 metres relay team with Yunier Pérez, William Collazo and Omar Cisneros. The team failed to progress beyond the heats stage of the competition. [6] He won his first senior medal the following year in Havana at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, finishing as runner-up behind compatriot Leonel Suárez but managing to score over 8000 points for the second time in his career with a final total of 8013. [7]

Díaz was selected to represent Cuba in the decathlon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics along with Suárez and García. He was in second place after five events (having scored 4512 points) and although he had slipped to ninth place by the end of the competition, he managed to significantly improve his personal best to 8357 points. [8] This score gave him eleventh place on the season's decathlon rankings. [9]

Personal bests

EventResultVenueDate
Outdoor
100 m10.66 s(wind: +0.2 m/s) Flag of Germany.svg Berlin 19 Aug 2009
Long jump8.02 m(wind: +0.3 m/s) Flag of Cuba.svg La Habana 22 Feb 2007
Shot put15.56 m Flag of Cuba.svg La Habana 2 Mar 2012
High jump2.05 m Flag of Cuba.svg La Habana 7 Mar 2008
400 m46.15 s Flag of Germany.svg Berlin 19 Aug 2009
110 m hurdles14.49 s(wind: -0.8 m/s) Flag of Cuba.svg La Habana 4 Jul 2009
Discus throw45.50 m Flag of Germany.svg Ratingen 15 Jun 2012
Pole vault4.60 m Flag of Germany.svg Berlin 20 Aug 2009
Javelin throw62.14 m Flag of Cuba.svg La Habana 6 May 2011
1500 m4:30.16 min Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Ponce 27 May 2007
Decathlon8357 pts Flag of Germany.svg Berlin 19/20 Aug 2009
Indoor
60 m6.91 s Flag of Ukraine.svg Sumy 17 Feb 2010
Long jump7.62 m Flag of Estonia.svg Tallinn 12 Feb 2010
Shot put15.11 m Flag of Ukraine.svg Sumy 17 Feb 2010
High jump1.99 m Flag of Ukraine.svg Sumy 17 Feb 2010
60 m hurdles8.19 s Flag of Ukraine.svg Sumy 17 Feb 2010
Pole vault4.25 m Flag of Estonia.svg Tallinn 8 Feb 2009
1000 m2:41.25 min Flag of Estonia.svg Tallinn 13 Feb 2010
Heptathlon5831 pts Flag of Ukraine.svg Sumy 17/18 Feb 2010

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2005 Pan American Junior Championships Windsor, Ontario, Canada 2ndDecathlon7290 pts
2007 NACAC Combined Events Championships Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 3rdDecathlon7816 pts
2008 Summer Olympics Beijing, China 7th (heats)4 × 400 m relay 3:02.24
2009 Americas Combined Events Cup La Habana, Cuba 2ndDecathlon7920 pts
CAC Championships La Habana, Cuba 2ndDecathlon8013 pts
World Championships Berlin, Germany 9thDecathlon 8357 pts
2011 ALBA Games Barquisimeto, Venezuela 1stDecathlon7800 pts
Pan American Games Guadalajara, México 19th (q)Long jump 7.21 m A(wind: -0.2 m/s)
1st (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:04.33 min A
2014 Pan American Sports Festival Ciudad de México, México 3rdLong jump 7.83 m A(wind: 1.3 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, México 3rdLong jump 7.66 m A(wind: -0.9 m/s)
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 6thLong jump 7.90 m (w)

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