Career Arencibia represented Cuba at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed for the men"s 84 kg class.
Achievements He won a silver medal for his division at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to United States. wrestler and Pan American Games champion Jake Herbert, with a three-set technical score (4–1, 0–8, 1–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.