DIAZ Adriana

Date of Birth: 31 Oct 2000

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: UTUADO

Birth Country:

Puerto Rico

Place of residence : UTUADO

Residence Country:

Puerto Rico

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Women's Singles	17

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Women's Singles Round 3 #49 PUR DIAZ ADIAZ Adriana 0 AUT LIU JLIU Jia 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Singles
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2R

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	Singles
2018	Buenos Aires, ARG	Last 16

World Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Doubles X	Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	3R	2R	2R	-
2018	Halmstad, SWE	-	-	-	29
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	2R	1R	1R	-
2016	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	-	-	-	29
2015	Suzhou, CHN	1R	2R	2R	-
2014	Tokyo, JPN	-	-	-	41

Year	Location	Singles
2020	Weihai, CHN	Last 16
2019	Chengdu, CHN	Group Stage

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Doubles X	Team
2019	Lima, PER	1	1	3	1

Pan Am Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Doubles X	Team
2019	Asuncion, PAR	-	-	-	3
2018	Santiago, CHI	1	QF	1	5
2017	Cartagena, COL	1	QF	-	3

WTT Star Contender

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Doubles X
2021	Doha, QAT	QF	1R	1R

ITTF Finals

Year	Location	Singles
2020	Zhengzhou, CHN	1R

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64
2020	Singles	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2020	Doubles W	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2020	Doubles X	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2019	Singles	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-
2019	Doubles W	-	-	-	-	4x	-	-
2019	Doubles X	-	-	-	-	2x	-	-
2018	Singles	-	-	-	1x	1x	-	-
2017	Singles	-	-	-	-	-	2x	-
2017	Doubles W	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
Quarterfinal	2018	Singles	Czech Open	Olomouc, CZE
Last 16	2020	Singles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
Last 16	2020	Doubles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
Last 16	2020	Doubles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
Last 16	2019	Doubles	German Open	Bremen, GER
Last 16	2019	Doubles	Czech Open	Olomouc, CZE
Last 16	2019	Doubles	Korea Open	Busan, KOR
Last 16	2019	Doubles	Japan Open	Sapporo, JPN
Last 16	2019	Doubles	Korea Open	Busan, KOR
Last 16	2019	Doubles	Japan Open	Sapporo, JPN
Last 16	2018	Singles	Bulgarian Open	Panagyurishte, BUL
Last 16	2017	Doubles	Bulgarian Open	Panagyurishte, BUL

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Doubles X	Team
2018	Bendigo, VIC, AUS	2R	-	1R	-
2017	Riva del Garda, ITA	3R	1R	QF	15
2016	Cape Town, RSA	3R	1R	1R	13

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 4R - 4th Round, 3R - 3rd Round, 2R - 2nd Round, 1R - 1st Round, Prel. Rnd - Preliminary Round, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Communications - Ana G Mendez University, San Juan, PUR

Languages spoken:

Bladimir Diaz [personal, father], PUR

Right (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

Sporting relatives:

Her cousin Brian Afanador played table tennis at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and her older sister Melanie claimed a bronze medal in the sport [team event] at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada. (caribbeanbusiness.com, 07 Aug 2016; elnuevodia.com, 05 Feb 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 21 Jul 2015)

She began playing table tennis at age four in Utuado, Puerto Rico. (indice.pr, 10 Aug 2015)

"When I was a child I did not want to play with dolls. Playing table tennis was all I wanted to do." (indice.pr, 10 Aug 2015)

To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (ittf.com, 30 Dec 2016)

Winning gold at the 2017 Pan American Championships in Cartagena, Colombia, and competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Facebook page, 18 Sep 2017; ittf.com, 18 Sep 2017; olympics.com, 14 Aug 2020)

Her father. (ittf.com, 30 Dec 2016)

Philosophy:

"Sport has helped me in many things. It helped me to grow up as a person and as an athlete. It taught me to do things well." (indicepr.com, 10 Aug 2015)

General Interest

Grip
Shakehand (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

Style of play
Attack (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

General
BOOSTING TABLE TENNIS
She says she wants table tennis to become more popular in Puerto Rico. "Many people called it 'ping-pong' or considered it a recreational practise, but now people are knowing it as table tennis and consider it a sport. They follow me and the national team. This has been very big not only for me but for table tennis in general. I think Puerto Rico know what table tennis is all about and they follow us. It has been extremely good for us. I want to take [table tennis] even further." (olympics.com, 14 Aug 2020)

FAMOUS HELP
She once received the support of Puerto Rican singer Daddy Yankee, who paid for her travel tickets to Europe to take part in a competition. "Daddy Yankee is incredible. He helped me and my sister in a moment we needed it most. He helped us because in Puerto Rico things are not that easy, not only for athletes but for people in general. He is an unbelievable and very humble person, with a good heart, and I thank him every day for what he did." (olympics.com, 14 Aug 2020)

Milestones

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro she became the first table tennis player of either gender to represent Puerto Rico to compete at an Olympic Games. Her cousin Brian Afanador became the first male athlete to represent Puerto Rico at an Olympic Games when he competed the day after her in Rio. (SportsDeskOnline, 11 Aug 2020; caribbeanbusiness.com, 07 Aug 2016)

She was the youngest Puerto Rican athlete from any sport to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 11 Aug 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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