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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Afanador and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
Brian Afanador
Full nameBrian O'Neill Afanador Pérez
Nationality Puerto Rico
ResidenceUtuado, Puerto Rico
Born (1997-03-06) March 6, 1997 (age 27)
Utuado, Puerto Rico
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight150 lb (68 kg)
Highest rankingSenior: 80 (December 2019)[1]
U21: 25 (March 2018)[2]
U18: 13 (August 2015)[3]
Current ranking91 (April 2020)[1]
Club4S Tours TT
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Puerto Rico
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Barranquilla Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Barranquilla Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Barranquilla Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Veracruz Singles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Veracruz Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Team
Latin American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 San Juan Singles U21
Silver medal – second place 2016 San Juan Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 San Juan Mixed doubles

Brian O'Neill Afanador Pérez (born March 6, 1997) is a Puerto Rican table tennis player.[4]

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

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Brian Afanador - Seniors - Men Singles". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  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: Es un honor jugar en casa". ultm.org (in Spanish). Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  5. ^ "Afanador consigue pase a los Juegos Olímpicos" (in Spanish). El Nuevo Día. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  6. ^ "Host Nation Disappointment, Pirate of the Caribbean Ends Slovenia Hopes". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  7. ^ "El tenimesista Brian Afanador anuncia que será papá". El Nuevo Día. August 28, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.

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