Bruna Costa Alexandre
Alexandre at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
NicknameBruninha
Born (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995
Criciúma, Brazil
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country Brazil
SportPara table tennis
Disability classC10
ClubSão Caetano
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago Team
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Cartagena de IndiasTeam
Silver medal – second place2019 AsunciónTeam
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoWomen's singles C10
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroWomen's singles C10
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroWomen's team C6-10
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 BratislavaWomen's team C9-10
Bronze medal – third place2014 BeijingWomen's singles C10
Bronze medal – third place2014 BeijingWomen's team C9-10

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]

Life

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]

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". .. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Bruna Costa Alexandre - Table Tennis | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Bruna Alexandre (in Portuguese)". CBTM. 21 December 2019. Archived from the original on 31 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Com time de sparrings de alto nível, Seleção paralímpica de tênis de mesa encerra semana de treinamentos em São Paulo - Surto Olímpico". www.surtoolimpico.com.br. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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