Brian Afanador
Brian O'Neill Afanador Pérez (born March 6, 1997) is a Puerto Rican table tennis player.[1]
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| Full name | Brian O'Neill Afanador Pérez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Residence | Utuado, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 6, 1997 Utuado, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 80 (December 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 91 (April 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | 4S Tours TT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 150 lb (68 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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On April 2, 2016, Afanador made history becoming the first Puerto Rican male table tennis player to qualify for an Olympic Games.[2] 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.[3] 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
Personal life
Afanador is the cousin of the table tennis Díaz sisters, Adriana, Melanie, Fabiola, and Gabriela.
Achievements
- 2015 Pan American Games – Bronze Medal
- 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games – Silver Medal
References
- "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.
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