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For the American actress, see Melonie Diaz.In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is  D\u00edaz and the second or maternal family name is  Gonz\u00e1lez.Melanie D\u00edaz Gonz\u00e1lezFull nameMelanie D\u00edaz Gonz\u00e1lezNationality\u00a0Puerto RicoBorn (1996-05-07) May 7, 1996 (age\u00a026)Utuado, Puerto RicoPlaying\u00a0styleAttackHighest\u00a0rankingSenior: 61 (October 2019)[1]U21: 84 (May 2017)[2]U18: 91 (May 2014)[3]U15: 92 (January 2011)[4]Current\u00a0ranking68 (April 2020)[1]Melanie D\u00edaz Gonz\u00e1lez (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]Table of ContentsPersonal life[edit]International rise[edit]Turning point at Lima 2019[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Personal life[edit]Melanie D\u00edaz was born on May 7, 1996, to Bladimir D\u00edaz and Marangely Gonz\u00e1lez 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.International rise[edit]Melanie D\u00edaz irrupted 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 D\u00edaz and teammate, Carelyn Cordero at the 2015 Pan American Games.[10]At the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Melanie D\u00edaz 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 R\u00edos. She also won silver in mixed doubles playing with Daniel Gonz\u00e1lez.[11]Turning point at Lima 2019[edit]Melanie D\u00edaz 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] D\u00edaz 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] D\u00edaz 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[edit]References[edit]^ a b “Melanie Diaz – Seniors – Women Singles”. ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 2, 2020.^ “Melanie Diaz – Under 21 – Women Singles”. ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 2, 2020.^ “Melanie Diaz – Juniors – Women Singles”. ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 2, 2020.^ “Melanie Diaz – Cadets – Women Singles”. ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 2, 2020.^ Torres Montalvo, Victor (July 8, 2018). “Sue\u00f1o hecho realidad para Bladimir D\u00edaz dirigir a sus tres hijas”. Metro News (PR). Retrieved August 8, 2019.^ “Diaz Melanie: ranking history (ITTF)”. Table Tennis Guide. Retrieved August 7, 2019.^ Marshall, Ian (November 29, 2016). “My family, my identity, my motivation”. ITTF. Retrieved August 8, 2019.^ Ribas Reyes, Fernando (August 7, 2019). “Bladimir D\u00edaz sobre el bronce de Melanie: “Ya me puedo morir feliz”“. El Nuevo D\u00eda. Retrieved August 8, 2019.^ Pillot Ortiz, V\u00edctor (November 21, 2014). “Brilla el tenis de mesa en los juegos de Veracruz 2014”. Primera Hora. Retrieved August 15, 2019.^ “Dos medallas de bronce en tenis de mesa”. Telemundo. July 22, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2019.^ Marshall, Ian (July 23, 2019). “Once again gold and silver for Puerto Rico; this time with a difference”. ITTF. Retrieved August 15, 2019.^ “Lima 2019, WOMEN’S SINGLES – SEEDING LIST” (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation (ittf). August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.^ “Lima 2019 Results”. Lima 2019. Archived from the original on September 14, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.^ Marshall, Ian (August 7, 2019). “First gold for Puerto Rico, day belongs to Diaz sisters”. ITTF. Retrieved August 8, 2019.^ Hetherington, Matt (August 7, 2019). “Diaz Prevails, Silver for USA’s Wu Yue on Day 4”. Team US. Retrieved August 8, 2019.^ Andres Henao, Luis (August 8, 2019). “Puerto Rican table tennis sisters look up to Venus, Serena”. Yahoo News (Associated Press). Retrieved August 8, 2019.^ Ribas Reyes, Fernando (August 7, 2019). “Melanie D\u00edaz se queda con bronce en la modalidad individual del tenis de mesa en Lima”. Primera Hora. Retrieved August 8, 2019.^ Ribas Reyes, Fernando (August 7, 2019). “No fue f\u00e1cil para Melanie desarrollarse a la sombra de Adriana, seg\u00fan su padre”. Primera Hora. Retrieved August 8, 2019.^ “Adriana D\u00edaz va a Tokio 2020 con oro panamericano”. WIPR. August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.^ Ribas Reyes, Fernando (August 10, 2019). “Melanie D\u00edaz lleg\u00f3 para quedarse”. El Nuevo D\u00eda. Retrieved August 11, 2019.^ Torres Montalvo, V\u00edctor (August 11, 2019). “As\u00ed celebr\u00f3 el equipo de tenis de mesa un oro panamericano hist\u00f3rico”. Metro. 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