Alexandra Bruce (badminton)

Alexandra Bruce
Alexandra Bruce
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Alex, Brucie
Birth name	Mary Alexandra Bruce
Country	Canada
Born	May 27, 1990; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's
Highest ranking	149 (WS) April 15, 2010; 20 (WD) September 20, 2012; 23 (XD) October 29, 2015
Badminton
Pan American Games
Pan Am Championships
Canada Games
	BWF profile

Mary Alexandra "Alex" Bruce (born May 27, 1990) is a Canadian female badminton player from Toronto, Ontario. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's doubles event with partner Michelle Li.

Early career

She started playing badminton at aged 8. Her parents were members of a badminton club that put on clinics for kids. She won silver in doubles at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games.^[1] Bruce studied Engineering and played Varsity Badminton for the University of Western Ontario, where she was named OUA Female Rookie of the Year in 2008. At the 2009 Canadian university and college national championships, she won two gold medals in doubles play, and a silver medal in women's singles.^[2] At the 2010 Yonex National Championships, she and Martin Giuffre won the U23 Mixed Doubles title. Bruce also won bronze in Ladies' Singles, and silver in Ladies' Doubles with future Olympic partner Michelle Li.^[3]

Personal life

Her parents are David and Cindy Bruce. Her older brother, Max played football at Queens University and the University of Manitoba. She graduated from Western University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Engineering Science (Civil Structural Engineering).^[1]

2012 Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Bruce and Li finished last in the round-robin portion, losing all three of their matches.^[4] However, the top two teams in the group were disqualified for attempting to intentionally lose matches so they would have an easier match-up in the quarterfinals.^[5] The duo was advanced to their quarterfinals, where they defeated Australia's Leanne Choo and Renuga Veeran. Bruce and Li finished in fourth place, the best Canadian finish in badminton at the Olympic Games.^[4]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Phyllis Chan	Lohaynny Vicente Luana Vicente	20–22, 14–21	Bronze
2011	Multipurpose Gymnasium, Guadalajara, Mexico	Michelle Li	Iris Wang Rena Wang	21–15, 21–15	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Toby Ng	Phillip Chew Jamie Subandhi	9–21, 23–21, 12–21	Silver

Pan Am Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Phyllis Chan	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obanana	9–21, 11–21	Bronze
2013	Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Phyllis Chan	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obanana	15–21, 13–21	Silver
2012	Coliseo Manuel Bonilla, Miraflores, Lima, Peru	Phyllis Chan	Joycelyn Ko Christin Tsai	17–21, 21–17, 21–12	Gold
2010	Clube Curitibano, Curitiba, Brazil	Michelle Li	Grace Gao Jocelyn Ko	21–16, 21–23, 12–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Toby Ng	Phillip Chew Jamie Subandhi	21–16, 19–21, 21–18	Gold
2013	Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Toby Ng	Howard Shu Eva Lee	21–12, 23–21	Gold
2012	Coliseo Manuel Bonilla, Miraflores, Lima, Peru	Derrick Ng	Phillipe Charron Phyllis Chan	21–5, 21–6	Gold
2010	Clube Curitibano, Curitiba, Brazil	Kevin Li	Toby Ng Grace Gao	7–21, 9–21	Silver
2009	Coliseo Olímpico de la Universidad, Guadalajara, Mexico	Kevin Li	Alexander Pang Joycelin Ko	18–21, 21–19, 18–21	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Polish Open	Phyllis Chan	Pradnya Gadre N. Sikki Reddy	16–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2014	Brazil International	Phyllis Chan	Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid	11–10, 10–11, 11–8, 11–5	Winner
2013	Canadian International	Phyllis Chan	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obanana	15–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2012	Tahiti International	Michelle Li	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obanana	13–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2012	Peru International	Michelle Li	Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid	21–18, 21–18	Winner
2012	Finnish Open	Michelle Li	Chow Mei Kuan Lee Meng Yean	21–19, 12–21, 21–16	Winner
2011	Canadian International	Michelle Li	Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid	21–10, 13–21, 21–16	Winner
2011	Puerto Rico International	Michelle Li	Grace Gao Joycelin Ko	24–22, 15–21, 21–11	Winner
2011	Brazil International	Michelle Li	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obanana	14–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2011	Brazil International	Michelle Li	Iris Wang Rena Wang	11–21, 21–15, 21–8	Winner
2011	Banuinvest International	Michelle Li	Sonia Olariu Florentina Petre	21–15, 21–14	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Brazil International	Toby Ng	David Obernosterer Elisabeth Baldauf	21–12, 21–15	Winner
2014	USA International	Toby Ng	Phillip Chew Jamie Subandhi	18–21, 25–23, 21–9	Winner
2013	Canadian International	Toby Ng	Nathan Robertson Jenny Wallwork	9–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2012	Tahiti International	Derrick Ng	Ross Smith Renuga Veeran	21–23, 14–21	Runner-up
2012	Peru International	Derrick Ng	Toby Ng Grace Gao	10–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2011	Canadian International	Derrick Ng	Toby Ng Grace Gao	15–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2011	Guatemala International	Derrick Ng	Toby Ng Grace Gao	20–22, 14–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

References

1 2 "Alexandra Bruce". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
↑ "Lam and Bruce superb combining for five medals as Western Mustangs badminton team wins national silver medal". Western Mustangs. May 20, 2009. Archived from the original on March 17, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
↑ "Giuffre and Butler successful at U-23 Nationals". Western Mustangs. May 25, 2010. Archived from the original on March 17, 2014. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
1 2 Lidell, Mackenzie (August 1, 2012). "Canada Gains from Badminton Scandal, Advances to Semis". CTV Olympics. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
↑ Associated Press (August 1, 2012). "8 Badminton Players Disqualified for Throwing Matches". CTV Olympics. Retrieved 2012-08-01.

External links

Alexandra Bruce at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
Badminton Canada profile

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[olympic-1] 1 2 "Alexandra Bruce". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2017-05-03.

[2] "Lam and Bruce superb combining for five medals as Western Mustangs badminton team wins national silver medal". Western Mustangs. May 20, 2009. Archived from the original on March 17, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2012.

[3] "Giuffre and Butler successful at U-23 Nationals". Western Mustangs. May 25, 2010. Archived from the original on March 17, 2014. Retrieved 2012-08-01.

[advances-4] 1 2 Lidell, Mackenzie (August 1, 2012). "Canada Gains from Badminton Scandal, Advances to Semis". CTV Olympics. Retrieved 2012-08-01.

[5] Associated Press (August 1, 2012). "8 Badminton Players Disqualified for Throwing Matches". CTV Olympics. Retrieved 2012-08-01.