Adriana Díaz (table tennis)

Adriana Díaz
Full nameAdriana Yamila Díaz González
Nationality Puerto Rico
ResidenceUtuado, Puerto Rico
Born (2000-10-31) October 31, 2000 (age 24)
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight141 lb (64 kg)
Table tennis career
Playing styleAll-around attacker
Equipment(s)
  • Viscaria Super ALC
  • Tenergy 64
  • Tenergy 05
Highest rankingSenior: 9 (March 2022)[1]
U21: 2 (August 2019)[2]
U18: 4 (December 2018)[3]
U15: 4 (December 2015)[4]
Current ranking11 (November 2022)[1]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Puerto Rico
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago Doubles
Pan American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cartagena de Indias Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Santiago Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Santiago Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Asunción Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Asunción Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lima Singles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lima Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Santiago Singles
Gold medal – first place 2024 San Salvador Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Cartagena de Indias Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Santiago Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Santiago Team
Pan American Cup
Gold medal – first place 2020 Guaynabo Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Guaynabo Singles
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 San Salvador Singles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Veracruz Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Veracruz Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 San Salvador Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 San Salvador Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 San Salvador Mixed doubles
Latin American Championship
Silver medal – second place 2016 San Juan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 San Juan Mixed doubles

Adriana Yamila Díaz González (born October 31, 2000) is a Puerto Rican table tennis player. As of November 2022, she was ranked 3 (under age 21) and 11 in the Table Tennis World Ranking according to the International Table Tennis Federation.[5][6] Díaz is sponsored by Butterfly[7] and Adidas.[8] Adriana is the sister of the table tennis player, Melanie Díaz, and cousin of Brian Afanador.

International competition

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On April 1, 2016, Díaz made history becoming the first Puerto Rican female table tennis player to qualify for the Olympics.[9] She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she defeated Olufunke Oshonaike 4–2 in the preliminary round before losing to Li Xue 0–4 in the second round.[10]

Professional career

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Díaz made her professional debut for Dabang Smashers of the Ultimate Table Tennis league on June 16, 2018, with a 3–0 victory over Pooja Sahasrabudhe.[11] On her second outing, she defeated the winner of the 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup, Bernadette Szocs (2–1).[12]

On January 30, 2022, Díaz, along with her sister Melanie, ranked #5 in Women's Doubles Pairs by the International Table Tennis Federation[13]

Clubs

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  • Puerto Rico Águilas de la Montaña
  • China Zhengding Table Tennis (2017–2018)
  • India Dabang Smashers T.T.C. (2018)

Achievements

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Awards

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Year Award Category Result Ref.
2016 Premios Juventud La Nueva Promesa Won [17]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Women's Singles 2022 Week #12". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  2. ^ "Adriana Diaz - Under 21 - Women Singles". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  3. ^ "Adriana Diaz - Juniors - Women Singles". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "Adriana Diaz - Cadets - Women Singles". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  5. ^ "Diaz Adriana: ranking history (ITTF)". Table Tennis Guide. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  6. ^ "World Top 20 Table Tennis Ranking". Butterfly Online. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  7. ^ "Adriana Diaz - Table Tennis Team Member". Archived from the original on 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  8. ^ "Adriana Díaz auspiciada por Adidas - ULTM". ultm.org. Archived from the original on 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  9. ^ "Adriana Díaz consigue su boleto para los Juegos Olímpicos". El Nuevo Día. April 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved April 1, 2016. (in Spanish)
  10. ^ "Women's Singles Schedule & Results – Olympic Table Tennis". Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  11. ^ "Adriana Díaz debuta como profesional con una victoria 3-0". 16 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  12. ^ VOCERO, José Bartolomei, EL. "Adriana Díaz derrota a campeona europea en India". Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2018-06-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "Women's Doubles Pairs 2022 Week #5". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  14. ^ Concha, Romina (July 21, 2014). "Marcos Madrid And Adriana Diaz Won The 2014 Pan American Sport Festival!". Table Tennista. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  15. ^ Concha, Romina (June 29, 2014). "Argentina, Puerto Rico And Venezuela Won The 2014 Latin American Youth Championships' Singles Events". Table Tennista. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  16. ^ Marshall, Ian (June 26, 2013). "Upsets, Testing Duels with One Exception, the Puerto Rican Gem". International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). Retrieved January 7, 2016.[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ "Premios Juventud 2016: Lista completa de ganadores". Archived from the original on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Puerto Rico with Brian Afanador
Tokyo 2020
Succeeded by