Bruna Alexandre

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Bruna Alexandre
File:BRUNA ALEXANDRE É BRONZE NO TÊNIS DE MESA (29583558781).jpg
Alexandre at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Full nameBruna Costa Alexandre
Nickname
Bruninha
Born (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 (age 31)
Criciúma, Brazil
Home townSao Caetano do Sul, Brazil
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryFile:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
SportPara table tennis
Disability classC10
ClubSão Caetano

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 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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