Brian Afanador

Brian O'Neill Afanador Pérez (born March 6, 1997) is a Puerto Rican table tennis player.[5]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Afanador and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
Brian Afanador
Personal information
Full nameBrian O'Neill Afanador Pérez
Nationality Puerto Rico
ResidencePuerto Rico
Born (1997-03-06) March 6, 1997
Utuado, Puerto Rico
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight140 lb (64 kg)
Equipment(s)Butterfly
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]
ClubAlliance Montpellier - Nimes
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Puerto Rico
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 LimaDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2019 LimaMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2015 TorontoTeam
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2014 VeracruzMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2014 VeracruzTeam
Gold medal – first place2018 BarranquillaMixed doubles
Silver medal – second place2014 VeracruzSingles
Silver medal – second place2014 VeracruzDoubles
Silver medal – second place2018 BarranquillaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2018 BarranquillaSingles
Bronze medal – third place2018 BarranquillaDoubles
Latin American Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 San JuanSingles U21
Silver medal – second place2016 San JuanDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2016 San JuanMixed doubles

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 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.

Achievements

References
  1. "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. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. 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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