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Puerto Rican table tennis player
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Díaz and the second or maternal family name is
González .
Adriana Díaz Full name Adriana Yamila Díaz González Nationality
Puerto Rico Residence
Utuado , Puerto Rico Born (2000-10-31 ) October 31, 2000 (age 23)
Arecibo , Puerto RicoHeight 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) Weight 141 lb (64 kg)
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]
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 . 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
Zhengding Table Tennis (2017–2018)
Dabang Smashers T.T.C. (2018)
Achievements
Awards
References
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b
"Women's Singles 2022 Week #12" . ITTF Ranking . Retrieved January 30, 2022 .
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"Adriana Diaz - Under 21 - Women Singles" . ITTF Ranking . Retrieved December 1, 2020 .
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"Adriana Diaz - Juniors - Women Singles" . ITTF Ranking . Retrieved December 1, 2020 .
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"Adriana Diaz - Cadets - Women Singles" . ITTF Ranking . Retrieved December 2, 2020 .
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"Diaz Adriana: ranking history (ITTF)" . Table Tennis Guide . Retrieved August 7, 2019 .
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"World Top 20 Table Tennis Ranking" . Butterfly Online. Archived from
the original on 2016-01-01. Retrieved January 15, 2016 .
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"Adriana Diaz - Table Tennis Team Member" . Archived from
the original on 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-02-27 .
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"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)
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"Women's Singles Schedule & Results – Olympic Table Tennis" . Archived from
the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-08-07 .
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"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 .
^ 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 }}
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link )
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"Women's Doubles Pairs 2022 Week #5" . ITTF Ranking . Retrieved January 30, 2022 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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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"Premios Juventud 2016: Lista completa de ganadores" . Archived from
the original on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2017-03-18 .
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