Yadira Silva

Yadira Silva
Yadira Silva 2013
Nation:	Mexico
Date of birth:	December 24, 1985
Place of birth:	Unión de Reyes (Cuba)
Playing hand:	Right
How to play:	Shakehand , attack
Current world rankings :	129
Best world ranking :	121 (February 2017)

Yadira Silva (born December 24, 1985 in Unión de Reyes , Cuba ) is a Mexican table tennis player from Cuba . Until 2019 she took part in 11 world championships and in the individual competition of the Olympic Games in 2008 , 2012 and 2016 .

Career

Yadira Silva was born in Cuba, grew up here and started playing table tennis at the age of 10. She achieved some success under the flag of Cuba. In 2006 she married the Mexican Roberto Madrigal Hernández, moved to Mexico, where she obtained Mexican citizenship. Since then she has competed in international competitions for Mexico.

From 2008 to 2019 she took part in all world championships - with the exception of 2009 - but never came close to medal ranks. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, she was eliminated in the first round against Croatian Andrea Bakula . Things did not go any better at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, where she lost to Ariel Hsing (USA). In 2016 in Rio de Janeiro she won a victory over the Syrian Heba Allejji , after which she was defeated by the Slovak Barbora Balážová .

Private

Yadira Silva is married and has two daughters.

Web links

• Yadira Silva in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ) (accessed November 28, 2019)
• Rio 2016 Olympic Games # TABLE TENNIS - PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES WOMEN , page 28 (W_Bio_Rio2016.pdf) (accessed November 28, 2019)
• Results overview (accessed on November 28, 2019)
• YADIRA SILVA HARÁ CAMPAMENTO EN ZCHEN DU CON MIRAS A LOS JUEGOS OLÍMPICOS Portrait (Spanish) (accessed November 28, 2019)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Silva Yadira: ranking history (ITTF) (accessed on November 28, 2019)