Adriana Díaz (table tennis)

Adriana Yamila Díaz González (born October 31, 2000) is a Puerto Rican table tennis player. As of November 2022^[update], 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.

Adriana Díaz

Full name

Adriana Yamila Díaz González

Nationality

Puerto Rico

Residence

Utuado, Puerto Rico

Born

October 31, 2000 (age 23)
Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Height

5 ft 4 in (163 cm)

Weight

141 lb (64 kg)

Table tennis career

Playing style

All-around attacker

Equipment(s)

Viscaria Super ALC
Tenergy 64
Tenergy 05

Highest ranking

Senior: 9 (March 2022)^[1]
U21: 2 (August 2019)^[2]
U18: 4 (December 2018)^[3]
U15: 4 (December 2015)^[4]

Current ranking

11 (November 2022)^[1]

Medal record

Women's table tennis

Representing Puerto Rico
Pan American Games
	2019 Lima	Singles
	2019 Lima	Doubles
	2019 Lima	Team
	2023 Santiago	Singles
	2015 Toronto	Team
	2019 Lima	Mixed doubles
	2023 Santiago	Doubles
Pan American Championship
	2017 Cartagena de Indias	Singles
	2018 Santiago	Singles
	2018 Santiago	Mixed doubles
	2019 Asunción	Singles
	2019 Asunción	Doubles
	2021 Lima	Singles
	2021 Lima	Doubles
	2022 Santiago	Singles
	2017 Cartagena de Indias	Doubles
	2022 Santiago	Doubles
	2022 Santiago	Team
Pan American Cup
	2020 Guaynabo	Singles
	2019 Guaynabo	Singles
Central American and Caribbean Games
	2014 Veracruz	Team
	2014 Veracruz	Mixed doubles
	2018 Barranquilla	Singles
	2018 Barranquilla	Doubles
	2018 Barranquilla	Mixed doubles
	2018 Barranquilla	Team
	2023 San Salvador	Singles
	2014 Veracruz	Doubles
	2014 Veracruz	Singles
	2023 San Salvador	Doubles
	2023 San Salvador	Team
	2023 San Salvador	Mixed doubles
Latin American Championship
	2016 San Juan	Team
	2016 San Juan	Mixed doubles

International competition edit

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 edit

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 edit

Zhengding Table Tennis (2017–2018)
Dabang Smashers T.T.C. (2018)

Achievements edit

2020 Pan America Cup - Gold Medal
2019 Pan American Games - Gold Medal
2016 US Open - Gold Medal
2015 Pan American Games - Bronze Medal
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games - Gold Medal
2014 Pan American Sport Festival – Women's Singles Champion^[14]
2014 Latin American Youth Championships – Cadet Girls Singles Champion, Cadet Girls Doubles Champion, Cadet Mixed Doubles Champion^[15]
2013 Peru Junior & Cadet Open – Cadet Girls Singles Champion^[16]

Awards edit

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

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Women's Singles 2022 Week #12". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
^ "Adriana Diaz - Under 21 - Women Singles". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
^ "Adriana Diaz - Juniors - Women Singles". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
^ "Adriana Diaz - Cadets - Women Singles". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
^ "Diaz Adriana: ranking history (ITTF)". Table Tennis Guide. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
^ . Butterfly Online. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
^ . Archived from the original on 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
^ . ultm.org. Archived from the original on 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
^ . El Nuevo Día. April 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved April 1, 2016. (in Spanish)
^ . Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
^ . 16 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
^ VOCERO, José Bartolomei, EL. . Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2018-06-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Women's Doubles Pairs 2022 Week #5". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
^ Concha, Romina (July 21, 2014). . Table Tennista. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
^ Concha, Romina (June 29, 2014). . Table Tennista. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
^ 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]}
^ . Archived from the original on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2017-03-18.

External links edit

Adriana Díaz at World Table Tennis
Adriana Díaz at Olympics.com
Adriana Díaz at Olympedia
at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games (archived)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Jaime Espinal	Flagbearer for Puerto Rico with Brian Afanador Tokyo 2020	Succeeded by incumbent

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[AdriITTF-1] "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] . Butterfly Online. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01. Retrieved January 15, 2016.

[BUT-7] . Archived from the original on 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-02-27.

[Sponsors-8] . ultm.org. Archived from the original on 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2018-02-08.

[9] . El Nuevo Día. April 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved April 1, 2016. (in Spanish)

[10] . Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-08-07.

[11] . 16 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2018-06-19.

[12] VOCERO, José Bartolomei, EL. . 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). . Table Tennista. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved January 7, 2016.

[15] Concha, Romina (June 29, 2014). . 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]}

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