Yadira Silva

They finally lost 2–3 to Kazakhstan and finished in the 56th position in the World Championship; Silva lost 1–2 to Marina Shumakova and won 3–1 to Yelena Shagarova.

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

Silva was born on 24 December 1985 in [La Habana del Este, Cuba.

She is 159 cm tall and weighs 56 kg. Silva started in table tennis at the age of 10 when her brother Maikel Silva Llorente took her to a table tennis club in Union de Reyes, Matanzas under Zoilo Isasi supervision, who was her first coach.

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.

The next year she started in the Sporting Initial School and by the age of 13, she joined the Cuban High Performance Center and won the Cancun Open in 2002 at the age of 16.

She took part of the 2002 Cuban National Games (I Olimpiada Nacional) representing centrales as a 17 years old, winning four gold medals: in singles, women's doubles, mixed doubles with Pavel Oxamendi and team.

At that time she was said to be pretty, quiet and talented.

In April, Silva took part of the Latin American Junior Championships held in Santa Clara, Cuba, winning the silver medal in singles, the gold in women's doubles and the silver in mixed doubles, qualifying for that year World Junior Championships.

Playing for Cuba, she earned her spot for the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, by winning the gold medal at the special tournament.

Playing with Dayana Ferrer, they defeated Salvadorians Wang De Ying and Morayle Álvarez 4–1 (4–11, 6–11, 10–12, 12–10, 4–11), then lost 4–0 to Americans Tawny Banh and Lily Yip in the quarter-final round.

In the singles event, and lost in the singles round of 16 to American Gao Jun, who later won the gold medal.

At the singles tournament of the Latin American Championships, she fell in the semifinals, and got 8th in doubles, playing with Dayana Ferrer.

After arriving in Mexico in 2004, she worked as a trainer and her students qualified for the National Games in 2006.

She obtained Mexican citizenship after marrying the Mexican Roberto Madrigal Hernández, who is also her coach.

She has two daughters, Yadira and Angelica Madrigal Silva, and lives with her family in the Mexican city of Villahermosa, Tabasco.

Silva considers herself a housewife who still prepares Cuban food, but has been taught Mexican cuisine by her mother-in-law.

Silva has confessed that leaving her daughters is the toughest thing for her, even when her mother Bárbara Llorente takes care of them.

She considers her mom an example and appreciates the great deal of support she gives her.

In 2004 she arrived in Mexico but did not play until the Cancun Open the next year.

She also won two more local tournaments in Quintana Roo and Pachuca in 2006.

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.

Silva played in the 2008, 2010 and 2012 World Team Championships, helping Mexico to reach the 56th, 59th and 66th place.

But she was not able to play again until the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament when she received the clearance to represent her new country.

At the World Team Championships held in February in Guangzhou, China, Silva played with Laura Rosales, Sarah Rosas and Daniela Sánchez.

They lost 3–0 to Turkey in the first round, and Silva lost 3–0 to Melek Hu.

Silva scored a 3–0 victory over Erdenesuvd Byambaa to complete a 3–0 victory over Mongolia.

Uzbekistan defeated Mexico 3–2, but Silva won her two matches to Aliye Ismailova (3–2) and Rimma Gufranova (3–1).

Silva defeated Lyanne Aponte, as her team defeated Puerto Rico 3–0.

They finally beat Latvia 3–1 with Silva's two victories over Inta Laudupe (3–2) and Baiba Bogdasarova (3–0).

After the defeat 0–3 from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the second stage for the 49–60 placement draw, Mexico faced Macau, who defeat them 0–3 with Silva's 3–2 victory over Ma Chao in and a 3–0 defeat from Wong Choi Chi.

In the 53–56 placement they were defeated by Uzbekistan 3–0 with a Silva's 3–2 defeat from Aliye Ismailova.

Silva won the right to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the singles last chance from the Latin American Qualification Tournament held in Santo Domingo in April.

The two previous days she could only reach the second round, but in the third she defeated the Cuban Glendys González to win her Olympic ticket.

This made her the first ever Mexican representative in table tennis at the Summer Olympics, as well makes her known in her new country.

She won the 2010 Latin American Championship and the silver medal in the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games and 2011 Latin American Cup.

In 2010 she won the Tabasco's State Sports Award.

In the 2011 World Championships she played the singles, women's and mixed doubles without reaching the main draw.

In the 2012 Summer Olympics she failed to progress beyond the qualification round.

As of 2012, Silva's equipment is Butterfly Timo Boll Spirit blade with Butterfly Tenergy 64 in both sides.