Career
His personal best for the event is 49.54 seconds, set indoors in 2013. He moved to Turkey in 2012 and began representing his adopted country in 2014. He began competed at national level in Cuba as a teenager in 2006.
That year he placed fourth in the 400 metres hurdles at the Cuban Athletics Championships and came fifth at the Olimpiada Cubana.
He began 2007 with a series of personal bests. He improved in the 400 metres flat to record 47.48 seconds at the Rafael Fortun National Meeting and a 400 m hurdles run of 50.43 seconds in Havana.
In his first international appearance he came runner-up to fellow Cuban Omar Cisneros to take silver at the 2007 ALBA Games in a new best of 49.99 seconds. He teamed up with Cisneros to help Cuba to the gold medals in the 4×400 metres relay at the event.
He ran individually at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships, securing the silver 400 m hurdles medal behind Jamaica"s Isa Phillips as well as running in the heats of the 110 metres hurdles.
He was provisionally named in the relay squad for Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but ultimately did not compete. At the 2009 ALBA Games he repeated his finishes of two years earlier, coming second to Cisneros before sharing in a relay victory. His return at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics was less successful however, as he finished out of the medals in fifth place – the medallists, Javier Culson, Félix Sánchez and Jehue Gordon were all finalists at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.
That year brought new heights in performance, however, as in February in Havana he ran 21.44 seconds for the 200 metres, 46.77 seconds for the 400 m, and 49.56 seconds for the 400 m hurdles.
He moved to Turkey 2012 and began competing for Fenerbahçe Athletics, winning at the national club championships. This made his indoor best faster than his outdoor one – a highly unusual feat for a 400 m hurdler.
He opted for Turkish nationality in October 2013 and on 30 April 2014, he became eligible to represent Turkey internationally. 200 metres – 21.44 seconds (2009)
400 metres – 46.77 seconds (2009)
110 metres hurdles – 14.35A seconds (2008)
400 metres hurdles (outdoor) – 49.39 seconds (2015)
400 metres hurdles (indoor) – 49.54 seconds (2013).