| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 3 | Decathlon | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 8527 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 2 | Decathlon | 2009 | Berlin, GER | 8640 |
| 3 | Decathlon | 2011 | Daegu, KOR | 8501 |
| Pan American Games | ||||
| 1 | Decathlon | 2011 | Guadalajara, MEX | 8373 |
| World Combined Events Challenge | ||||
| 1 | Decathlon | 2011 | Kladno, CZE | 8231 |
| 1 | Decathlon | 2010 | Talence, FRA | 8328 |
| 2 | Decathlon | 2011 | Gotzis, AUT | 8440 |
| 2 | Decathlon | 2010 | Ratingen, GER | 8243 |
| 2 | Decathlon | 2010 | Desenzano, ITA | 8112 |
| 2 | Decathlon | 2009 | Berlin, GER | 8640 |
| 3 | Decathlon | 2011 | Daegu, KOR | 8501 |
| 3 | Decathlon | 2010 | Gotzis, AUT | 8286 |
| 3 | Decathlon | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 8527 |
| 5 | Decathlon | 2012 | Gotzis, AUT | 8289 |
| 7 | Decathlon | 2011 | Talence, FRA | 7889 |
| World Indoor Championships | ||||
| 7 | Heptathlon | 2010 | Doha, QAT | 5764 |
Coach
Gabino Arzola (ecodiario.eleconomista.es, 27 Feb 2012)
Injuries
He missed the 2012 World Championships because he suffered from high blood pressure [hypertension]. (ecodiario.eleconomista.es, 27 Feb 2012)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He took up athletics when he moved to Holguin at age nine. (ecured.cu, 2011)
Ambitions
To win the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (juegospanamericanos.ain.cu, 13 Oct 2011)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (ecured.cu, 2011)
Awards
In 2008 he became the first Cuban athlete to win an Olympic medal in the decathlon and in 2011 became the first Cuban athlete to win a Pan American gold medal in the event. (bohemia.cu, 27 Feb 2009; deportes.terra.com.co, 25 Oct 2011)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008
