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He quickly saw results in his first year officially competing for Chile (2017), taking a silver medal at the Pan American Championships and a bronze medal in the World Championships. In 2018, he won bronze at the Pan American Championships, gold at the South American Championships and took 8th at the World Championships. In 2019 he took bronze at the Pan American Championships and competed at multiple Grand-Prixes around Europe. In 2020, he won the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament and won a spot to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

When he competed at the 2015 Pan American Championships in Santiago of Chile, he never returned to Cuba, stating that the 3-time Olympic Gold medalist Mijaín López always was the wrestler who represented Cuba at the biggest tournaments in his weight class and he many opportunities there. However, Acosta wasn't able to represent Chile neither, as he didn't have permission by Cuba. As a result, he worked as a security guard for 2 years without training while trying to get permission. When he finally got the permission, he started competing internationally again, now training and living at the Chilean Olympic Center.

Yasmani Acosta Fernández (born July 16, 1988) is a naturalized Chilean of Cuban origins who competes in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 130 kg weight class.