Bruna Alexandre

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Bruna Alexandre
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Alexandre at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Full nameBruna Costa Alexandre
NicknameBruninha
Born (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 (age 29)
Criciúma, Brazil
Home town Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Sport Para table tennis
Disability class C10
ClubSão Caetano
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Women's singles C10
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's singles C10
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's team C6–10
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2020 Tokyo Women's team C9–10
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Singles C10
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 Paris Doubles WD20
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 BratislavaWomen's team C9-10
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2014 BeijingWomen's singles C10
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2014 BeijingWomen's team C9-10
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Santiago Team
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Cartagena de Indias Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Asunción Team

Bruna Costa Alexandre (born 29 March 1995) is a Brazilian para table tennis player who is two-time World bronze medalist and Paralympic bronze medalist in both singles and teams events along with Danielle Rauen. [1] [2] [3]

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Life

Alexandre had her right arm amputated due to thrombosis from a poorly applied vaccine injection when she was six months old. [4] [5]

In June 2021 she was one of the women selected to compose Brazil's Paralympic Table Tennis team for the 2020 Paralympic Games, which were delayed for a year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The other athletes chosen to be part of the team were Cátia Oliveira (class 2), Dani Rauen (in class 9) and Joyce Oliveira (in class 4). [6]

She went on to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Brazilian athlete to contest both the Paralympic and Olympic Games. [5]

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References

  1. "Bruna Costa Alexandre - IPTTF Profile". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 21 December 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019.
  2. "Table Tennis - COSTA ALEXANDRE Bruna". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  3. "Bruna Costa Alexandre - Table Tennis | Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  4. "Bruna Alexandre". CBTM (in Brazilian Portuguese). 21 December 2019. Archived from the original on 31 August 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Primeira brasileira a disputar Olimpíadas e Paralimpíadas, Bruna Alexandre perdeu braço por injeção mal aplicada". GloboEsporte.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 5 June 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Com time de sparrings de alto nível, Seleção paralímpica de tênis de mesa encerra semana de treinamentos em São Paulo - Surto Olímpico" [With a team of high-level sparring partners, the Paralympic table tennis team ends a week of training in São Paulo - Olympic Outbreak]. surtoolimpico.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 15 June 2021.