Track Record
- Current WKF World Ranking #1 (also in 2015/16/17).
- Current Tokio 2020 Olympic Ranking #1.
- WKF ‘All time’ Ranking #1.
- Only Karate athlete with 10 continental titles.
- Medal of the Spanish Olympic Committee (2011, 2015).
- Bronze Medal of the Royal Sports Merit Order (2014).
- National Sports Award by the Spanish Sports Press Association (2015, 2017, 2018).
- Andalusian Gold Award by the Andalusian Sports Journalists Federation (2014, 2015).
- Best Sportsman’ 2016 award by the Junta de Andalucía.
- Sports Merit Star awarded by the City Council of Málaga (2018).
Summary of Awards
In the Absolute category, Damián has a total of 111 medals: 75 international (31 gold, 28 silver and 16 bronze) and 36 national (21 gold, 10 silver and 5 bronze).
- 1 x World Champion (2014)
- 2 x World Runner-up (2016, 2018)
- 2 x Bronze Medal at World Championship (2010, 2016)
- 1 x World Games ‘Wroclaw 2017’ Runner-up (2017)
- 2 x European Games Champion (Baku 2015, Minsk 2019).
- 10 x European Champion (Individual, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019; Team, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2015).
- 8 x Silver Medal at European Championship (Individual, 2004, 2011, 2014; Team, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016).
- 3 x Bronze Medal at European Championship (Por equipos, 2006, 2007, 2008).
- WKF Karate1 Premier League ‘Grand Winner’ (2015, 2016, 2017)
- 1 x World Beach Games Champion (Doha, 2019)
Karate1 Premier League
Medals achieved in the Karate1 Premier League (World Circuit) in individual mode.
- Paris Open: 2 x Silver Medal / 5th Place
- Dutch Open: 3 x Gold Medal / 1 x Silver Medal / 1 x Bronze Medal
- German Open: 2 x Silver Medal / 1 x Bronze Medal
- Salzburg Open: 1 x Gold Medal / 2 x Silver Medal
- Brazil Open: 5th Place
- Okinawa Open: 1 x Bronze Medal
- Dubai Open: 2 x Gold Medal
- Rabat Open: 1 x Gold Medal
Karate1 Series A
- Estambul: 1 x Bronze (2019)
- Salzburgo: 1 x Siver (2019)
- Shanghai: 1 x Gold (2018)
- Chile: 1 x Bronze (2018)
- Guadalajara: 1 x Silver (2018)
- Toledo: 1 x Gold (2017)
Other
- 1 x World University Champion
- 2 x Silver Medal at World University Championship
- 1 x European University Champion
- 2 x Ibero-American Champion
- 9 x Spanish Champion
- 8 x Spanish University Champion
- 4 x Spanish Cup Champion
Official championships of the World Karate Federation, the only karate organization recognized by the International Olympic Committee, and European Karate Federation