Yadira Silva

Yadira Silva
Yadira Silva during the 2013 Latin American Table Tennis Cup
Personal information
Full nameYadira Silva Llorente
NationalityMexican
ResidenceVillahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Born (1985-12-24) 24 December 1985 (age 38)
Unión de Reyes, Matanzas, Cuba
Height159 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing styleOffensive
Equipment(s)Blade: Butterfly Timo Boll Spirit
Forehand Rubber: Butterfly Tenergy 64
Backhand Rubber: Butterfly Tenergy 64
Highest ranking211
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Cuba
Latin American Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santa Clara Women's Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santa Clara Singles
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santa Clara Mixed Doubles
Representing  Mexico
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Singles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Mayaguez Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Veracruz Team
Latin American Table Tennis Cup
Silver medal – second place Rio de Janeiro 2011 Singles
Latin American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Cancun Singles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Buenos Aires Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Cancun Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Buenos Aires Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara Women's Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Rio de Janeiro Singles

Yadira Silva Llorente (born 24 December 1985) is a Cuban-born Mexican table tennis player who participated in the 2008, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics

After winning several medals in the 2002 Cuban National Games and 2003 Junior Latin American Championships playing as a Cuban, Silva married Mexican coach Roberto Madrigal Hernández and established herself in Mexico. With her new citizenship, she represented Mexico in the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament, qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she was knocked out in the qualification round. She won the 2010 Latin American Championship and the silver medal in the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games and 2011 Latin American Cup.

Silva played in the 2008, 2010 and 2012 World Team Championships, helping Mexico to reach the 56th, 59th and 66th place. In the 2011 World Championships she played the singles, women's and mixed doubles without reaching the main draw. In 2010 she won the Tabasco's State Sports Award. In the 2012 Summer Olympics she failed to progress beyond the qualification round.