Brian Afanador

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

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)
U21: 25 (March 2018)
U18: 13 (August 2015)
U15: 17 (May 2012)
Current ranking67 (January 2022)
ClubAlliance Montpellier - Nimes
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Puerto Rico
Pan American Games
2019 LimaDoubles
2019 LimaMixed doubles
2015 TorontoTeam
Central American and Caribbean Games
2014 VeracruzMixed doubles
2014 VeracruzTeam
2018 BarranquillaMixed doubles
2014 VeracruzSingles
2014 VeracruzDoubles
2018 BarranquillaTeam
2018 BarranquillaSingles
2018 BarranquillaDoubles
Latin American Championships
2016 San JuanSingles U21
2016 San JuanDoubles
2016 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. 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.

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