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.

[17] 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.

[18] 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),[19] then lost 4–0 to Americans Tawny Banh and Lily Yip in the quarter-final round.

[3][25] At the World Team Championships held in February in Guangzhou, China, Silva played with Laura Rosales, Sarah Rosas and Daniela Sánchez.

[30][32] Silva won the right to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the singles last chance[33] from the Latin American Qualification Tournament held in Santo Domingo in April.

[40] Before the Olympics, Silva trained under the guidance of her Chinese coach Yin Kin[41] at the PKU Gym in China's province Sichuan during 45 days.

[49] In November she played the Central American Championship held in San Salvador, El Salvador, winning the silver medal in the singles event falling 4–2 (9–11, 8–11, 11–6, 10–11, 11–7, 3–11),[50] to Salvadorian Morayle Álvarez,[51] silver in women's double partnering Aurora Pequeño,[52] bronze in team competition also with Aurora,[53] and gold in mixed doubles with Jude Okoh.

[67] After a training camp in China with other four member of the Mexico National Team,[68] she participated in July at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

[71] reaching the final after defeating Venezuelan Fabiola Ramos 4–0,[72] but after losing the gold medal match 4–1 (9–11, 11–7, 11–7, 11–6 y 11–7) to the Dominican Republic representative Wu Xue.

[76][77] Besides her loss to Yang Fen from Congo Brazzaville that prevent her to win the Cup and play the main draw,[23][78] she defeated New Zealander Karen Li and Canadian Zhang Mo.

[79] In November Silva received the Tabasco's State Sports Award (Spanish: Premio Estatal del Deporte) along with chess player Leopoldo Aguirre Manzo and seven-year-old golfer Ariel González Arceo.

[83] She played in March the Latin American Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and in the Group stage she beat 4–1 both Brazilians Katia Kawai and Caroline Kumahara[84] securing a spot in the quarterfinals.

[85] She beat Guatemalan Andrea Estrada 4–0 in the quarterfinals,[86] and Brazilian Jessica Yamada (4–3) in the semifinal[87] before being defeated by the Dominican Wu Xue 4–0 (11–9, 11–7, 11–3, 11–9) in the final game, receiving the silver medal.

[88] In April she played the Spanish Open in Almeria, Spain and lost her three matches against South Korean Hyelin Lee 1–4, Danish Mie Skov 0–4, and Polish Antonina Szymanska 2–4 in the women's singles qualification groups.

[91][96] In the Mixed doubles, she played with Marcos Madrid falling 4–1 (9–11, 11–6, 1–11, 10–12, 3–11) in their first match the seeded #2, defending champions[97] and later gold medalists[98] Zhang Chao and Cao Zhen.

[99] At the Latin American Championship held in Guadalajara, Mexico Silva fall in the quarterfinal round of the singles competition bye the Chilean Paulina Vega[100] but win the bronze medal in the women's doubles playing with Mercedes Madrid.

[102] At the 2011 Pan American Games Silva played in the singles qualifying to the quarterfinals after winning her stage group, beating the Brazilian Caroline Kumahara, Canadian Shirley Fu and Puerto Rican Daniely Ríos.

[105] At the 2012 Latin America Qualification Tournament held in March at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil she earned the right to represent her country at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

[112] Playing in late March in the World Team Championships in Dortmund, Germany she joined teammates Mercedes Madrid and Mónica Serrano, and coach Carlos Ballesteros.

[124] At the Latin American Cup 2012 held in May at San José, Costa Rica, Silva won her group stage with victories over Jessica Yamada[125] and Mabelyn Enriquez, but losing to Fabiola Ramos 1–4 (11–6, 11–5, 5–11, 11–6, 11–8) in the quarterfinals 4–1.

[126][127] In June she played the ITTF World Tour Swedish Open, in Helsingborg, Sweden; she lost 4–2 in her first match, against German Anja Schuh, ending her participation.

[132] She played in the women's doubles with Colombian Paula Medina and defeated Lígia Silva and Jessica Yamada 3–2 (4–11, 5–11, 13–11, 11–9, 11–5), but lost to Japanese Yuki Nonaka and Polish Kinga Stefańska in the quarterfinals.

[133] Ranked 233 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation, she trained for three weeks in China[134] with the National Coach, her husband Roberto Madrigal.