Brian Afanador
Puerto Rican table tennis player
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 6, 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 140 lb (64 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Alliance Montpellier - Nimes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equipment | 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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
TTC indeland Jülich (2017–2018)
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. They currently reside in Montpellier, France.
Achievements
- 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 – Bronze Medal - Individual
- 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games – Bronze 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 – Bronze Medal - Double
