Nationality Puerto Rico Equipment(s) Butterfly Current ranking 201 (August 2016) Weight 68 kg | Residence Saarbrücken, Germany Highest ranking 174 (March 2016) Height 1.75 m | |
Full name Brian O'Neill Afanador Pérez Born March 6, 1997 (age 19)Utuado, Puerto Rico ( 1997-03-06 ) | ||
Brian O'Neill Afanador Pérez (born March 6, 1997) is a Puerto Rican table tennis player.
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On April 2, 2016, Afanador made history becoming the first Puerto Rican male table tennis player to qualify for an Olympics 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 were he defeated Suraju Saka 4–3 in the preliminary round before losing to Omar Assar 4–2 in the second round.
Personal life
Afanador is the cousin of Adriana Díaz.
Achievements
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