Brian Afanador

Brian Afanador
Personal information
Full nameBrian O'Neill Afanador Pérez
Nationality Puerto Rico
Born (1997-03-06) March 6, 1997
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight140 lb (64 kg)
Sport
SportTable tennis
ClubAlliance Montpellier - Nimes
EquipmentButterfly
Highest rankingSenior: 67 (January 2022)
U21: 25 (March 2018)
U18: 13 (August 2015)
U15: 17 (May 2012)
Current ranking67 (January 2022)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Puerto Rico
Pan American Games
2019 Lima Doubles
2019 Lima Mixed doubles
2015 Toronto Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
2014 Veracruz Mixed doubles
2014 Veracruz Team
2018 Barranquilla Mixed doubles
2014 Veracruz Singles
2014 Veracruz Doubles
2018 Barranquilla Team
2018 Barranquilla Singles
2018 Barranquilla Doubles
Latin American Championships
2016 San Juan Singles U21
2016 San Juan Doubles
2016 San Juan Mixed doubles

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.