Adriana Díaz (table tennis)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is González.
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

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

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

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

Achievements

Awards

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

References

  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.
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Puerto Rico with Brian Afanador
Tokyo 2020 		Succeeded by


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