[8] Plata won a bronze medal on the floor exercise at the 2018 Szombathely World Challenge Cup.

[9] He was initially the second reserve for the all-around final at the 2019 European Championships,[10] but he was slated to compete after two other athletes withdrew.

[16][17] He was selected to compete at the postponed-2020 Summer Olympics alongside Néstor Abad, Thierno Diallo, and Nicolau Mir.

[21] Individually, Plata won the all-around silver medal behind Turkey's Adem Asil.

[24] He then won the bronze medal in the horizontal bar final, behind Marios Georgiou and Robert Tvorogal.

[27] After the World Championships, he competed at the Swiss Cup Zürich, a mixed-pairs competition, alongside Laura Casabuena, and they placed fourth.

[28] On 16 March 2023, Plata and other members of the Spanish national team were involved in a car accident during a training camp in Anadia, Portugal.

[38] Plata was selected to represent Spain at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Néstor Abad, Thierno Diallo, Nicolau Mir, and Rayderley Zapata.