Brian Afanador

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Brian Afanador
Full nameBrian O'Neill Afanador Pérez
Nationality Puerto Rico
ResidencePuerto Rico
Born (1997-03-06) March 6, 1997 (age 25)
Utuado, Puerto Rico
Highest rankingSenior: 67 (January 2022)[1]
U21: 25 (March 2018)[2]
U18: 13 (August 2015)[3]
U15: 17 (May 2012)[4]
Current ranking67 (January 2022)[1]
Club4S Tours TT
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight140 lb (64 kg)

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[]

  • Germany TTC indeland Jülich (2017–2018)
  • France 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[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Men's Singles 2022 Week #5". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  2. ^ "Brian Afanador - Under 21 - Men Singles". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  3. ^ "Brian Afanador - Juniors - Men Singles". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "Brian Afanador - Cadets - Men Singles". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  5. ^ "Brian Afanador: Es un honor jugar en casa". ultm.org (in Spanish). Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  6. ^ "Afanador consigue pase a los Juegos Olímpicos" (in Spanish). El Nuevo Día. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  7. ^ "Host Nation Disappointment, Pirate of the Caribbean Ends Slovenia Hopes". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  8. ^ "El tenimesista Brian Afanador anuncia que será papá". El Nuevo Día. August 28, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.

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External links[]

Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Puerto Rico with Adriana Díaz
Tokyo 2020
Succeeded by
incumbent


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