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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Melanie Díaz was born on May 7, 1996 to Bladimir Díaz and Marangely González and is one of four sisters who also are teble tennis athletes, including [[Adriana Díaz (table tennis)|Adriana]]. Her paternal grandmother established and developed table tennis as a major sport in the mountainous municipality of [[Utuado, Puerto Rico|Utuado]], where her family grew up.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/2016/11/29/family-identity-past-future/|title=My family, my identity, my motivation|last=Marshall|first=Ian|date=November 29, 2016|website=ITTF|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/deportes/otrosdeportes/nota/bladimirdiazyamepuedomorirfeliz-2510325/|title=Bladimir Díaz sobre el bronce de Melanie: "Ya me puedo morir feliz"|last=Ribas Reyes|first=Fernando|date=August 7, 2019|work=El Nuevo Día|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref> She is a supporter and advocate of the [[animal rights movement]] and practices [[veganism]].
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 Díaz (table tennis)|Adriana]]. Her paternal grandmother established and developed table tennis as a major sport in the mountainous municipality of [[Utuado, Puerto Rico|Utuado]], where her family grew up.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/2016/11/29/family-identity-past-future/|title=My family, my identity, my motivation|last=Marshall|first=Ian|date=November 29, 2016|website=ITTF|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/deportes/otrosdeportes/nota/bladimirdiazyamepuedomorirfeliz-2510325/|title=Bladimir Díaz sobre el bronce de Melanie: "Ya me puedo morir feliz"|last=Ribas Reyes|first=Fernando|date=August 7, 2019|work=El Nuevo Día|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref> She is a supporter and advocate of the [[animal rights movement]] and practices [[veganism]].


==Career==
==Career==
===International rise===
===International rise===
Melanie Díaz irrupted onto the international arena by winning silver in the [[Table tennis at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games|women's doubles]] at the side of Adriana Díaz during the [[2014 Central American and Caribbean Games]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.primerahora.com/deportes/otros/nota/brillaeltenisdemesaenlosjuegosdeveracruz2014-1049272/|title=Brilla el tenis de mesa en los juegos de Veracruz 2014|last=Pillot Ortiz|first=Víctor|date=November 21, 2014|work=Primera Hora|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telemundopr.com/noticias/local/Dos-medallas-de-bronce-en-tenis-de-mesa-317963771.html|title=Dos medallas de bronce en tenis de mesa|date=July 22, 2015|work=Telemundo|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>
Melanie Díaz erupted onto the international arena by winning silver in the [[Table tennis at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games|women's doubles]] alongside her sister Adriana during the [[2014 Central American and Caribbean Games]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.primerahora.com/deportes/otros/nota/brillaeltenisdemesaenlosjuegosdeveracruz2014-1049272/|title=Brilla el tenis de mesa en los juegos de Veracruz 2014|last=Pillot Ortiz|first=Víctor|date=November 21, 2014|work=Primera Hora|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telemundopr.com/noticias/local/Dos-medallas-de-bronce-en-tenis-de-mesa-317963771.html|title=Dos medallas de bronce en tenis de mesa|date=July 22, 2015|work=Telemundo|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>


At the [[2018 Central American and Caribbean Games]] Melanie Díaz scored two [[Table tennis at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games|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.
At the [[2018 Central American and Caribbean Games]] Melanie Díaz scored two [[Table tennis at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games|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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ittf.com/2018/07/23/gold-silver-puerto-rico-time-difference/|title=Once again gold and silver for Puerto Rico; this time with a difference|last=Marshall|first=Ian|date=July 23, 2019|work=ITTF|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ittf.com/2018/07/23/gold-silver-puerto-rico-time-difference/|title=Once again gold and silver for Puerto Rico; this time with a difference|last=Marshall|first=Ian|date=July 23, 2019|work=ITTF|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>


===Turning point at Lima 2019===
===Turning point at Lima 2019===
{{also|Table tennis at the 2019 Pan American Games}}
{{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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ittf.cdnomega.com/eu/2019/05/Singles-Seeding-1.pdf|title=Lima 2019, WOMEN'S SINGLES - SEEDING LIST|date=August 1, 2019|website=International Table Tennis Federation (ittf)|access-date=August 7, 2019}}</ref> She helped win the first [[Pan American Games|Pan American]] [[Table Tennis]] gold for [[Puerto Rico]] when playing at the [[Table tennis at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's doubles|Women's doubles]] beside her sister Adriana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lima2019.pe/en/results|title=Lima 2019 Results|website=Lima 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914192028/https://www.lima2019.pe/en/results|archive-date=September 14, 2019|access-date=August 8, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/2019/08/07/first-gold-puerto-rico-day-belongs-diaz-sisters/|title=First gold for Puerto Rico, day belongs to Diaz sisters|last=Marshall|first=Ian|date=August 7, 2019|website=ITTF|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2019/August/07/Diaz-Prevails-Silver-for-USAs-Wu-Yue-on-Day-4|title=Diaz Prevails, Silver for USA's Wu Yue on Day 4|last=Hetherington|first=Matt|date=August 7, 2019|website=Team US|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/puerto-rican-table-tennis-sisters-look-venus-serena-211755157--spt.html|title=Puerto Rican table tennis sisters look up to Venus, Serena|last=Andres Henao|first=Luis|date=August 8, 2019|work=Yahoo News (Associated Press)|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref> Díaz also established her status as a separate international medalist by winning individual bronze at the [[Table tennis at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's singles|Women’s singles]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.primerahora.com/deportes/otros/nota/melaniediazsequedaconbronceenlamodalidadindividualdeltenisdemesaenlima-1357011/|title=Melanie Díaz se queda con bronce en la modalidad individual del tenis de mesa en Lima|last=Ribas Reyes|first=Fernando|date=August 7, 2019|website=Primera Hora|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.primerahora.com/deportes/otros/nota/nofuefacilparamelaniedesarrollarsealasombradeadrianasegunsupadre-1357008/|title=No fue fácil para Melanie desarrollarse a la sombra de Adriana, según su padre|last=Ribas Reyes|first=Fernando|date=August 7, 2019|work=Primera Hora|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref> She shared the bronze podium at this event's medal ceremony with Brazilian [[Bruna Takahashi]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wipr.pr/adriana-diaz-va-a-tokio-2020-con-oro-panamericano/|title=Adriana Díaz va a Tokio 2020 con oro panamericano|date=August 7, 2019|work=WIPR|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref> Díaz finally played against Bruna Takahashi in a close and lively game during the final [[Table tennis at the 2019 Pan American Games|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."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/deportes/otrosdeportes/nota/melaniediazllegoparaquedarse-2511135/|title=Melanie Díaz llegó para quedarse|last=Ribas Reyes|first=Fernando|date=August 10, 2019|work=El Nuevo Día|access-date=August 11, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.metro.pr/pr/deportes/2019/08/11/asi-celebro-tenis-mesa-oro-historico.html|title=Así celebró el equipo de tenis de mesa un oro panamericano histórico|last=Torres Montalvo|first=Víctor|date=August 11, 2019|work=Metro|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>
Melanie Díaz first attained individual international recognition during the [[2019 Pan American Games]] in [[Lima]], where she was seeded #6 in the women category.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ittf.cdnomega.com/eu/2019/05/Singles-Seeding-1.pdf|title=Lima 2019, WOMEN'S SINGLES - SEEDING LIST|date=August 1, 2019|website=International Table Tennis Federation (ittf)|access-date=August 7, 2019}}</ref> She helped win the first [[Pan American Games|Pan American]] [[Table Tennis]] gold for [[Puerto Rico]] when playing at the [[Table tennis at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's doubles|Women's doubles]] beside her sister Adriana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lima2019.pe/en/results|title=Lima 2019 Results|website=Lima 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914192028/https://www.lima2019.pe/en/results|archive-date=September 14, 2019|access-date=August 8, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/2019/08/07/first-gold-puerto-rico-day-belongs-diaz-sisters/|title=First gold for Puerto Rico, day belongs to Diaz sisters|last=Marshall|first=Ian|date=August 7, 2019|website=ITTF|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2019/August/07/Diaz-Prevails-Silver-for-USAs-Wu-Yue-on-Day-4|archive-url=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|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 8, 2019|title=Diaz Prevails, Silver for USA's Wu Yue on Day 4|last=Hetherington|first=Matt|date=August 7, 2019|website=Team US|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/puerto-rican-table-tennis-sisters-look-venus-serena-211755157--spt.html|title=Puerto Rican table tennis sisters look up to Venus, Serena|last=Andres Henao|first=Luis|date=August 8, 2019|work=Yahoo News (Associated Press)|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref> Díaz also established her status as a separate international medalist by winning individual bronze at the [[Table tennis at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's singles|Women's singles]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.primerahora.com/deportes/otros/nota/melaniediazsequedaconbronceenlamodalidadindividualdeltenisdemesaenlima-1357011/|title=Melanie Díaz se queda con bronce en la modalidad individual del tenis de mesa en Lima|last=Ribas Reyes|first=Fernando|date=August 7, 2019|website=Primera Hora|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.primerahora.com/deportes/otros/nota/nofuefacilparamelaniedesarrollarsealasombradeadrianasegunsupadre-1357008/|title=No fue fácil para Melanie desarrollarse a la sombra de Adriana, según su padre|last=Ribas Reyes|first=Fernando|date=August 7, 2019|work=Primera Hora|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref> She shared the bronze podium at this event's medal ceremony with Brazilian [[Bruna Takahashi]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wipr.pr/adriana-diaz-va-a-tokio-2020-con-oro-panamericano/|title=Adriana Díaz va a Tokio 2020 con oro panamericano|date=August 7, 2019|work=WIPR|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref> Díaz finally played against Bruna Takahashi in a close and lively game during the final [[Table tennis at the 2019 Pan American Games|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."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/deportes/otrosdeportes/nota/melaniediazllegoparaquedarse-2511135/|title=Melanie Díaz llegó para quedarse|last=Ribas Reyes|first=Fernando|date=August 10, 2019|work=El Nuevo Día|access-date=August 11, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.metro.pr/pr/deportes/2019/08/11/asi-celebro-tenis-mesa-oro-historico.html|title=Así celebró el equipo de tenis de mesa un oro panamericano histórico|last=Torres Montalvo|first=Víctor|date=August 11, 2019|work=Metro|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>


==See also==
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* [https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=melanie-diaz-112463 Melanie Díaz - Table Tennis Guide]
* [https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=melanie-diaz-112463 Melanie Díaz - Table Tennis Guide]
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Latest revision as of 21:45, 5 February 2024

This article is about the Puerto Rican table tennis player. For the American actress, see Melonie Diaz.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is González.
Melanie Díaz
Díaz at a meet-and-greet in Mayagüez, 2019
Personal information
Full nameMelanie Díaz González
Nationality Puerto Rico
Born (1996-05-07) May 7, 1996 (age 28)
Utuado, Puerto Rico
Table tennis career
Playing styleAttack
Highest rankingSenior: 61 (October 2019)[1]
U21: 84 (May 2017)[2]
U18: 91 (May 2014)[3]
U15: 92 (January 2011)[4]
Current ranking68 (April 2020)[1]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Puerto Rico
Pan-American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Teams
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Singles

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

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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

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International rise

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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

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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

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References

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