TABLE TENNIS PLAYER

Brian Afanador

1997 - Today

Brian Afanador

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

His biography is available in 9 different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Afanador is the 151st most popular table tennis player (down from 127th in 2024), the 91st most popular biography from Puerto Rico (down from 80th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Puerto Rican Table Tennis Player.

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Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS

Among table tennis players, Brian Afanador ranks 151 out of 107. Before him are Kirill Skachkov, Sarah De Nutte, Shao Jieni, Mouma Das, Suthasini Sawettabut, and Galia Dvorak. After him are Sutirtha Mukherjee, and Olajide Omotayo.

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Kirill Skachkov
1987 - Present
HPI: 30.83
Rank: 145
Sarah De Nutte
1992 - Present
HPI: 30.52
Rank: 146
Shao Jieni
1994 - Present
HPI: 30.43
Rank: 147
Mouma Das
1984 - Present
HPI: 30.42
Rank: 148
Suthasini Sawettabut
1994 - Present
HPI: 29.86
Rank: 149
Galia Dvorak
1988 - Present
HPI: 29.45
Rank: 150
Brian Afanador
1997 - Present
HPI: 24.08
Rank: 151
Sutirtha Mukherjee
1995 - Present
HPI: 20.22
Rank: 152
Olajide Omotayo
1995 - Present
HPI: 7.70
Rank: 153

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1997, Brian Afanador ranks 1,382. Before him are Celeste Cortesi, Kieran Tuntivate, Eleonora Marchiando, Eimear Lambe, Sören Opti, and Roger Tahull. After him are Markus Thormeyer, Henry Ellenson, Julius Thole, G'Angelo Hancock, Aliasghar Mojarad, and Laura Valette.

Others Born in 1997

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Celeste Cortesi
CELEBRITY
1997 - Present
HPI: 24.31
Rank: 1,377
Kieran Tuntivate
ATHLETE
1997 - Present
HPI: 24.25
Rank: 1,378
Eleonora Marchiando
ATHLETE
1997 - Present
HPI: 24.13
Rank: 1,379
Eimear Lambe
ATHLETE
1997 - Present
HPI: 24.12
Rank: 1,380
Sören Opti
BADMINTON PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 24.10
Rank: 1,381
Roger Tahull
ATHLETE
1997 - Present
HPI: 24.08
Rank: 1,382
Brian Afanador
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 24.08
Rank: 1,383
Markus Thormeyer
SWIMMER
1997 - Present
HPI: 24.07
Rank: 1,384
Henry Ellenson
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 24.06
Rank: 1,385
Julius Thole
ATHLETE
1997 - Present
HPI: 24.02
Rank: 1,386
G'Angelo Hancock
WRESTLER
1997 - Present
HPI: 23.97
Rank: 1,387
Aliasghar Mojarad
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 23.92
Rank: 1,388
Laura Valette
ATHLETE
1997 - Present
HPI: 23.90
Rank: 1,389