MELENDEZ Tayra

Date of Birth: 29 Oct 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.70/5'6''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Basketball	Women PUR Puerto Rico	12

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group C #12 PUR Puerto Rico 55 CHN China 97	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group C #21 BEL Belgium 87 PUR Puerto Rico 52	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group C #36 AUS Australia 96 PUR Puerto Rico 69	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
16	Women	2018	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ESP

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2019	Lima, PER

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2021	San Juan, PUR
3	Women	2017	Buenos Aires, ARG
4	Women	2019	San Juan, PUR

Occupation:

Sports Administrator

University of Rhode Island, South Kingston, RI, USA

Languages spoken:

Gerardo Batista [national]

Position style:

Small forward (fiba.basketball, 12 Jul 2017)

In 2019 she suffered a neck injury to her fourth and fifth vertebrae while playing with Croatian club ZKK Sibenik. (enlapinturadeportes.blogspot.com, 28 Sep 2019)

She was named Best Defensive Player of the 2018 Puerto Rican Baloncesto Superior Nacional Femenino season. (canchalatina.com, 06 Dec 2018)

In 2015 she received the Scholar-Athlete Award from the University of Rhode Island in the United States of America. (bryantbulldogs.com, 26 Aug 2019)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
She is director of basketball operations at Bryant University in Smithfield, RI, United States of America, a role she started in 2019. She says her reason for taking on the job was to take a break from club basketball and aid her recovery from a neck injury suffered in 2019. "The decision was medical. I know it is the right decision for my future. My career is not over, but I do want to give it a break to be able to continue in the future." (elvocero.com, 29 Aug 2019; bryantbulldogs.com, 26 Aug 2019; enlapinturadeportes.blogspot.com, 28 Sep 2019)

COACHING
She has coached basketball at collegiate level in the United States of America at the University of Rhode Island and Northeastern University. (bryantbulldogs.com, 26 Aug 2019)

HERITAGE
She was born and raised in Puerto Rico by her grandmother before relocating with her parents to Massachusetts, United States of America, at a young age. She says she thinks of her grandmother when playing for the Puerto Rican national team. "She loved Puerto Rico more than anything in this world. When I put that jersey on, it's a reminder of everything beautiful that is that island." (uri.edu, 2015; goodmorningamerica.com, 25 Feb 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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