He has an Olympic bronze medal, and became world champion in 1997 with a personal best jump of 17.85m.
- Triple jump: 17.85 m (wind: +0.9 m/s) –
Athens, 8 August 1997
Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Event |
Notes
|
Representing Cuba
|
1990
|
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)
|
Havana, Cuba
|
1st
|
Triple jump
|
16.68 m (+1.2 m/s)
|
World Junior Championships
|
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
|
2nd
|
Triple jump
|
16.62 m (+1.2 m/s)
|
1991
|
Pan American Games
|
Havana, Cuba
|
1st
|
Triple jump
|
17.06 m
|
World Championships
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
7th
|
Triple jump
|
16.94 m (-0.4 m/s)
|
1992
|
World Junior Championships
|
Seoul, South Korea
|
1st
|
Triple jump
|
17.04 m (+0.4 m/s)
|
Ibero-American Championships
|
Seville, Spain
|
1st
|
Triple jump
|
16.93 m w (+2.2 m/s)
|
Olympic Games
|
Barcelona, Spain
|
6th
|
Triple jump
|
17.18 m (+1.9 m/s)
|
1993
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Toronto, Canada
|
5th
|
Triple jump
|
17.06 m
|
World Championships
|
Stuttgart, Germany
|
12th
|
Triple jump
|
16.77 m (-0.1 m/s)
|
Central American and Caribbean Games
|
Ponce, Puerto Rico
|
1st
|
Triple jump
|
17.06 m
|
1995
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Barcelona, Spain
|
2nd
|
Triple jump
|
17.62 m
|
Pan American Games
|
Mar del Plata, Argentina
|
1st
|
Triple jump
|
17.67 m (+1.4 m/s)
|
World Championships
|
Gothenburg, Sweden
|
4th
|
Triple jump
|
17.59 m w (+2.6 m/s)
|
1996
|
Olympic Games
|
Atlanta, United States
|
3rd
|
Triple jump
|
17.44 m (+0.2 m/s)
|
1997
|
World Championships
|
Athens, Greece
|
1st
|
Triple jump
|
17.85 m (+0.9 m/s)
|
Universiade
|
Catania, Italy
|
1st
|
Triple jump
|
17.35 m (-0.3 m/s)
|
1998
|
Central American and Caribbean Games
|
Maracaibo, Venezuela
|
1st
|
Triple jump
|
17.18 m (+0.7 m/s)
|
1999
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Maebashi, Japan
|
4th
|
Triple jump
|
16.92 m
|
Universiade
|
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
|
1st
|
Triple jump
|
17.40 m (+0.1 m/s)
|
Pan American Games
|
Winnipeg, Canada
|
1st
|
Triple jump
|
17.19 m (+0.6 m/s)
|
World Championships
|
Seville, Spain
|
10th
|
Triple jump
|
16.88 m (+0.4 m/s)
|
2000
|
Olympic Games
|
Sydney, Australia
|
4th
|
Triple jump
|
17.37 m SB (+0.3 m/s)
|
2003
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Birmingham, United Kingdom
|
3rd
|
Triple jump
|
17.27 m
|
Pan American Games
|
Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.
|
3rd
|
Triple jump
|
16.78 m (-0.4 m/s)
|
World Championships
|
Saint-Denis, France
|
9th
|
Triple jump
|
16.84 m (-0.1 m/s)
|
2004
|
Ibero-American Championships
|
Huelva, Spain
|
2nd[1]
|
Triple jump
|
17.13 m (+0.5 m/s)
|
Olympic Games
|
Athens, Greece
|
8th
|
Triple jump
|
16.96 m (+0.9 m/s)
|
2007
|
ALBA Games
|
Caracas, Venezuela
|
2nd
|
Triple jump
|
16.87 m (+0.0 m/s)
|
- ^ Out of competition performance ineligible for medals.