Q:Facts: - sport: modern pentathlon - weight: 67 kg lb 0 on - headercolor: lightblue - height: 1.71 0 on - birth date: 12 july 1987 - fullname: yaniel velazquez garcia - name: yaniel velazquez - coach: alejandro guarch - birth place: havana , cuba Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of yaniel velazquez .
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yaniel velazquez garcia -lrb- born 12 july 1987 in havana -rrb- is a cuban modern pentathlete .he won a silver medal for the men 's event at the 2007 pan american games in rio de janeiro , brazil , which earned him a qualifying place for the olympics , with an impressive score of 5,344 points .at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing , velazquez became the nation 's first pentathlete to compete in the men 's event .during the competition , he made a strong start in the early segments , but struggled to maintain his position in the entire event , when he set the slowest time of 2:16.38 in freestyle swimming .he managed to attain fair scores for horse riding and cross-country running ; however , these were insufficient for him to place near the top , placing fifteenth out of thirty-six competitors in the men 's event , with a total score of 5,292 points .