He competed in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's singles and was defeated in the first round by Kęstutis Navickas (Lithuania), 23–21, 12–21, 21–9.

He won in the first round against Petr Koukal (Czech Republic), 21–17, 16–21, 21–16, then he lost in the next match, against the 2004 Athens Olympics gold medalist Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia), 20–22, 11–21 after having a notable performance in first set where he earned a set point but putting a relatively easy smash into the net.

He won his first match 21–12 and 21–10 against Jaspar Yu Woon Chai (Brunei) in the group stage, and lost his second encounter 18–21 and 19–21 to Hu Yun (Hong Kong) after having a good lead in both sets.

[4] He won his first match 21–7 and 21–11 against Raul Must (Estonia) in the group stage, and lost his second encounter 11–21 and 10–21 to Chen Long (China) Abián competed in the men's singles event at the 2024 Summer Olympics Abián played at the 2006 IBF World Championships in the men's singles, and he was defeated in the first round by Andrew Smith of England, 21–15, 21–13.

Abián reached 5th place in the 2010 World University Championship (Chinese Taipei).

Abián won the silver medal at the 2012 World University Championship (Gwangju, Korea).

[5] He won the silver medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games played in Mersin (Turkey).