Brian Afanador

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

On April 2, 2016, Afanador made history becoming the first Puerto Rican male table tennis player to qualify for the Olympic Games. 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. 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 who was born on December 20, 2020, and named Antonella Isabelle. Afanador and Ruiz married in February 2023.

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 – 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

https://butterflyonline.com/players/brian-afanador/

External links

1997 births

Living people

People from Utuado, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican table tennis players

Table tennis players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Olympic table tennis players for Puerto Rico

Pan American Games medalists in table tennis

Pan American Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico

Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico

Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico

Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico

Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games

Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

Table tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games

Table tennis players at the 2019 Pan American Games

Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in table tennis

Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games

Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games

Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics

21st-century Puerto Rican people