Alexandra Bruce

Alexandra Bruce
File:P.C Thulasi and Reddy Sikki from India won the gold medal, Bruce Mary Alexandra, Li Man Shan Michelle from Canada won the Silver and Lim Ee Von NG Hui Em from Malaysia won the bronze medal in Women’s Doubles badminton event.jpg Bruce (furthest left) at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Alex, Brucie
Birth name	Mary Alexandra Bruce
Country	Canada
Born	(1990-05-27) May 27, 1990 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	149 (WS April 15, 2010) 20 (WD September 20, 2012) 23 (XD October 29, 2015)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing Canada Pan American Games Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Women's doubles Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Mixed doubles Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto Women's doubles Pan Am Championships Gold medal – first place 2016 Campinas Mixed team Gold medal – first place 2014 Markham Mixed doubles Gold medal – first place 2014 Markham Mixed team Gold medal – first place 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed doubles Gold medal – first place 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed team Gold medal – first place 2012 Lima Women's doubles Gold medal – first place 2012 Lima Mixed doubles Gold medal – first place 2012 Lima Mixed team Gold medal – first place 2010 Curitiba Mixed team Gold medal – first place 2009 Guadalajara Mixed team Silver medal – second place 2013 Santo Domingo Women's doubles Silver medal – second place [2010 Curitiba Women's doubles Silver medal – second place 2010 Curitiba Mixed doubles Bronze medal – third place 2014 Markham Women's doubles Bronze medal – third place 2009 Guadalajara Mixed doubles Commonwealth Youth Games Silver medal – second place 2008 Pune Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Mary Alexandra "Alex" Bruce (born May 27, 1990) is a Canadian 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. 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. 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.

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).

2012 Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Bruce and Li finished last in the round-robin portion, losing all three of their matches. 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. 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. She competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, in the mixed teams, mixed doubles (with Toby Ng) and women's doubles (with Phyllis Chan).

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's doubles

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

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 Silver

Pan Am Championships

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

Commonwealth Youth Games

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune, India	Michelle Li	P. C. Thulasi N. Sikki Reddy	18–21, 8–21	Silver Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Banuinvest International	Michelle Li	Sonia Olariu Florentina Petre	21–15, 21–14	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011	Brazil International	Michelle Li	Iris Wang Rena Wang	11–21, 21–15, 21–8	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011	Brazil International	Michelle Li	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana	14–21, 17–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011	Puerto Rico International	Michelle Li	Grace Gao Joycelyn Ko	24–22, 15–21, 21–11	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011	Canadian International	Michelle Li	Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid	21–10, 13–21, 21–16	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012	Finnish Open	Michelle Li	Chow Mei Kuan Lee Meng Yean	21–19, 12–21, 21–16	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012	Peru International	Michelle Li	Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid	21–18, 21–18	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012	Tahiti International	Michelle Li	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana	13–21, 12–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013	Canadian International	Phyllis Chan	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana	15–21, 14–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014	Brazil International	Phyllis Chan	Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid	11–10, 10–11, 11–8, 11–5	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015	Polish Open	Phyllis Chan	Pradnya Gadre N. Sikki Reddy	16–21, 18–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Guatemala International	Derrick Ng	Toby Ng Grace Gao	20–22, 14–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011	Canadian International	Derrick Ng	Toby Ng Grace Gao	15–21, 19–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012	Peru International	Derrick Ng	Toby Ng Grace Gao	10–21, 15–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012	Tahiti International	Derrick Ng	Ross Smith Renuga Veeran	21–23, 14–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013	Canadian International	Toby Ng	Nathan Robertson Jenny Wallwork	9–21, 12–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014	USA International	Toby Ng	Phillip Chew Jamie Subandhi	18–21, 25–23, 21–9	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016	Brazil International	Toby Ng	David Obernosterer Elisabeth Baldauf	21–12, 21–15	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

External links

• Alex Bruce at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Alex Bruce at Badminton Canada (archived)
• Alex Bruce at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (archived)
• Alexandra Bruce at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)