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Full name | Bruna Costa Alexandre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Bruninha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Criciúma, Brazil | 29 March 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | São Caetano | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Alexandre had her right arm amputated due to thrombosis from a vaccine aged three months old. [4]
In June 2021 she was one of the women identified as part of Brazil's Paralympic Table Tennis team for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 which were delayed for a year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The other athletes identified were Cátia Oliveira (class 2), Dani Rauen (in class 9) and Joyce Oliveira (in class 4). [5]
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