Brian Afanador
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| Full name | Brian O'Neill Afanador Pérez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 6, 1997 Utuado, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | Senior: 67 (January 2022)[1] U21: 25 (March 2018)[2] U18: 13 (August 2015)[3] U15: 17 (May 2012)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 67 (January 2022)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | 4S Tours TT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 140 lb (64 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brian O'Neill Afanador Pérez (born March 6, 1997) is a Puerto Rican table tennis player.[5]
On April 2, 2016, Afanador made history becoming the first Puerto Rican male table tennis player to qualify for the Olympic Games.[6] On June 3, 2016, Afanador upset number 10 seeded and number 44 in the International Table Tennis Federation world ranking Bojan Tokič at the 2016 ITTF Slovenia Open in Otočec, Slovenia.[7] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he defeated Suraju Saka 4–3 in the preliminary round before losing to Omar Assar 4–2 in the second round.
Clubs[]
TTC indeland Jülich (2017–2018)
4S Tours TT (2018–present)
Personal life[]
Afanador was born on March 6, 1997 and has one younger brother. He is the cousin of the table tennis Díaz sisters, Adriana, Melanie, Fabiola, and Gabriela.
On August 23, 2020, Afanador announced he and his partner Noralis Soé Ruiz Lugo, a public relations representative, were expecting their first child together. On September 25, they announced they were expecting a girl[8] who was born on December 20, 2020 and named Antonella Isabelle.
Achievements[]
- 2020-2021 Olympic Games
- 2019 Pan American Games – Bronze Medal - Mixed Double
- 2019 Pan American Games – Bronze Medal - Double
- 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games – Gold Medal - Mixed Double
- 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games – Silver Medal - Team
- 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games – Bronce Medal - Individual
- 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games – Bronce Medal - Double
- 2016 Olympic Games
- 2015 Pan American Games – Bronze Medal - Team
- 2015 US Open (tennis) – Junior Boys Champion
- 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games – Gold Medal - Mixed Double
- 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games – Gold Medal - Team
- 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games – Silver Medal - Individual
- 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games – Silver Medal - Double
- 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games – Bronce Medal - Double
References[]
- ^ a b "Men's Singles 2022 Week #5". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
- ^ "Brian Afanador - Under 21 - Men Singles". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ "Brian Afanador - Juniors - Men Singles". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ "Brian Afanador - Cadets - Men Singles". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
- ^ "Brian Afanador: Es un honor jugar en casa". ultm.org (in Spanish). Retrieved August 4, 2016.
- ^ "Afanador consigue pase a los Juegos Olímpicos" (in Spanish). El Nuevo Día. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
- ^ "Host Nation Disappointment, Pirate of the Caribbean Ends Slovenia Hopes". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
- ^ "El tenimesista Brian Afanador anuncia que será papá". El Nuevo Día. August 28, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- People from Utuado, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican table tennis players
- Table tennis players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic table tennis players of Puerto Rico
- Pan American Games medalists in table tennis
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Table tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Table tennis players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in table tennis
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- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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