Brian Afanador
Brian O'Neill Afanador Pérez (born March 6, 1997) is a Puerto Rican table tennis player.[4]
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| Full name | Brian O'Neill Afanador Pérez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Utuado, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 6, 1997 Utuado, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | Senior: 80 (December 2019)[1] U21: 25 (March 2018)[2] U18: 13 (August 2015)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 91 (April 2020)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | 4S Tours TT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 150 lb (68 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On April 2, 2016, Afanador made history becoming the first Puerto Rican male table tennis player to qualify for the Olympic Games.[5] 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.[6] 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 is the cousin of the table tennis Díaz sisters, Adriana, Melanie Díaz, Fabiola, and Gabriela.
On August 23, 2020, Afanador announced he and his partner Noralis Soé Ruiz Lugo, a public relations representative, are expecting their first child together. On September 25, they announced they're expecting a girl[7] who was born on December 20, 2020 and named Antonella Isabelle.
Achievements
- 2015 Pan American Games – Bronze Medal
- 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games – Silver Medal
References
- "Brian Afanador - Seniors - Men Singles". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- "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: 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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