Brian O'Neill Afanador Pérez (born March 6, 1997) is a Puerto Rican table tennis player.[5]
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| Full name | Brian O'Neill Afanador Pérez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 6, 1997 Utuado, Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 140 lb (64 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equipment(s) | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Alliance Montpellier - Nimes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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
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TTC indeland Jülich (2017–2018)
4S Tours TT (2018–present)
Personal life
editAfanador 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 professional, 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. Afanador and Ruiz married in February 2023. In May 2023, a local gossip news show on WAPA-TV reported that Afanador's wife filed for divorce against him for infidelity, almost immediately after their marriage, after he allegedly confessed the acts on their wedding night. The divorce was finalized July 2023 by a Superior Court in Puerto Rico.[9]
Achievements
edit- 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
- 2016 Latin American Champion
- 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
- 2014 Youth Olympic Games Qualifier
- 2014 Puerto Rico World Team Member
- 2014 2013 Latin American Junior and Cadet Champion
- 2012 Puerto Rico National Champion
- 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games – Bronce Medal - Double
References
edit- ^ 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. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
- ^ "El tenimesista Brian Afanador anuncia que será papá". El Nuevo Día. August 28, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ "Ruiz Lugo v Afanador Pérez". Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos - Power Judicial de Puerto Rico. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
External links
edit- Brian Afanador at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games
- Brian Afanador at World Table Tennis
- Brian Afanador at Olympics.com
- Brian Afanador at Olympedia
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