Melanie Díaz Explained

Melanie Díaz
Fullname:Melanie Díaz González
Playingstyle:Attack
Hrank:Senior: 61 [1]
U21: 84 [2]
U18: 91 [3]
U15: 92 [4]
Crank:68
Birth Date:7 May 1996
Birth Place:Utuado, Puerto Rico
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Melanie Díaz González (born May 7, 1996) is a Puerto Rican table tennis player. As of August 2019, she has been in position 88th with 3840 points in the ITTF Women's World Ranking.[5] [6]

Personal life

Melanie Díaz was born on May 7, 1996, to Bladimir Díaz and Marangely González and is the eldest of four sisters who also are table tennis athletes, Fabiola, Gabriela and Adriana. Her paternal grandmother established and developed table tennis as a major sport in the mountainous municipality of Utuado, where her family grew up.[7] Compared to other players at her level, she's trained and coached by her own father. Melanie is also cousin to table tennis player Brian Afanador from her mother's side.[8] She is a supporter and advocate of the animal rights movement and practices veganism.

Career

International rise

Melanie Díaz erupted onto the international arena by winning silver in the women's doubles alongside her sister Adriana during the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.[9] In 2015, she won her first Pan American bronze medal in the women's team competition alongside Adriana Díaz and teammate, Carelyn Cordero at the 2015 Pan American Games.[10]

At the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Melanie Díaz scored two gold medals. The first gold came from competing with Adriana in the women's doubles. The second came from playing in the female team alongside her sisters Adriana and Fabiola, and Daniely Ríos. She also won silver in mixed doubles playing with Daniel González.[11]

Turning point at Lima 2019

See also: Table tennis at the 2019 Pan American Games.

Melanie Díaz first attained individual international recognition during the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, where she was seeded #6 in the women category.[12] She helped win the first Pan American Table Tennis gold for Puerto Rico when playing at the Women's doubles beside her sister Adriana.[13] [14] [15] [16] Díaz also established her status as a separate international medalist by winning individual bronze at the Women's singles.[17] [18] She shared the bronze podium at this event's medal ceremony with Brazilian Bruna Takahashi.[19] Díaz finally played against Bruna Takahashi in a close and lively game during the final women's team, in which she helped earn one more gold for her team. Because of her playing skills in this match, international press nicknamed the female players of the Puerto Rican team as the "comeback kids."[20] [21]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Melanie Diaz - Seniors - Women Singles. ITTF Ranking. December 2, 2020.
  2. Web site: Melanie Diaz - Under 21 - Women Singles. ITTF Ranking. December 2, 2020.
  3. Web site: Melanie Diaz - Juniors - Women Singles. ITTF Ranking. December 2, 2020.
  4. Web site: Melanie Diaz - Cadets - Women Singles. ITTF Ranking. December 2, 2020.
  5. News: Sueño hecho realidad para Bladimir Díaz dirigir a sus tres hijas. Torres Montalvo. Victor. July 8, 2018. Metro News (PR). August 8, 2019.
  6. Web site: Diaz Melanie: ranking history (ITTF) . Table Tennis Guide. August 7, 2019.
  7. Web site: My family, my identity, my motivation. Marshall. Ian. November 29, 2016. ITTF. August 8, 2019.
  8. News: Bladimir Díaz sobre el bronce de Melanie: "Ya me puedo morir feliz". Ribas Reyes. Fernando. August 7, 2019. El Nuevo Día. August 8, 2019.
  9. News: Brilla el tenis de mesa en los juegos de Veracruz 2014. Pillot Ortiz. Víctor. November 21, 2014. Primera Hora. August 15, 2019.
  10. News: Dos medallas de bronce en tenis de mesa. July 22, 2015. Telemundo. August 15, 2019.
  11. News: Once again gold and silver for Puerto Rico; this time with a difference. Marshall. Ian. July 23, 2019. ITTF. August 15, 2019.
  12. Web site: Lima 2019, WOMEN'S SINGLES - SEEDING LIST. August 1, 2019. International Table Tennis Federation (ittf). August 7, 2019.
  13. Web site: Lima 2019 Results. Lima 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190914192028/https://www.lima2019.pe/en/results. September 14, 2019. August 8, 2019. dead.
  14. Web site: First gold for Puerto Rico, day belongs to Diaz sisters. Marshall. Ian. August 7, 2019. ITTF. August 8, 2019.
  15. Web site: Diaz Prevails, Silver for USA's Wu Yue on Day 4. https://web.archive.org/web/20190808155943/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2019/August/07/Diaz-Prevails-Silver-for-USAs-Wu-Yue-on-Day-4. dead. August 8, 2019. Hetherington. Matt. August 7, 2019. Team US. August 8, 2019.
  16. News: Puerto Rican table tennis sisters look up to Venus, Serena. Andres Henao. Luis. August 8, 2019. Yahoo News (Associated Press). August 8, 2019.
  17. Web site: Melanie Díaz se queda con bronce en la modalidad individual del tenis de mesa en Lima. Ribas Reyes. Fernando. August 7, 2019. Primera Hora. August 8, 2019.
  18. News: No fue fácil para Melanie desarrollarse a la sombra de Adriana, según su padre. Ribas Reyes. Fernando. August 7, 2019. Primera Hora. August 8, 2019.
  19. News: Adriana Díaz va a Tokio 2020 con oro panamericano. August 7, 2019. WIPR. August 8, 2019.
  20. News: Melanie Díaz llegó para quedarse. Ribas Reyes. Fernando. August 10, 2019. El Nuevo Día. August 11, 2019.
  21. News: Así celebró el equipo de tenis de mesa un oro panamericano histórico. Torres Montalvo. Víctor. August 11, 2019. Metro. August 15, 2019.

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