Miguel Valle (born 29 September 1968) is a retired Cuban

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ ...

. He won the gold medal at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (in a new games record), the gold medal at the 1986 Pan American Junior Championships, the gold medal at the 1987 Central American and Caribbean Championships (as well as the bronze medal in the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

), the gold medal at the

1990 Central American and Caribbean Games The 16th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mexico City the capital of Mexico from November 20 to December 3, 1990, and included a total of 4,206 competitors from 29 nations, the largest the games had ever seen. The 1990 Central A ...

, finished sixth at the

1991 Pan American Games The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the Pan American Sports Organization, PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was ...

, and won the silver medal at the 1994 Ibero-American Championships. He also became Cuban champion.

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1968 births Living people Cuban decathletes Cuban male long jumpers Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games competitors for Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games Cuban Athletics Championships winners {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub