Alexandra Bruce

Alexandra Bruce
Alexandra Bruce
	Bruce (furthest left) at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Alex, Brucie
Birth name	Mary Alexandra Bruce
Country	Canada
Born	May 27, 1990 (age 33); 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
Pan Am Championships
Commonwealth Youth Games
	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.^[1]

Early career edit

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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Personal life edit

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).^[2]

2012 Olympics edit

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Bruce and Li finished last in the round-robin portion, losing all three of their matches.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[5]

She competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, in the mixed teams, mixed doubles (with Toby Ng) and women's doubles (with Phyllis Chan).^[7]

Achievements edit

Pan American Games edit

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
2015	Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Phyllis Chan	Lohaynny Vicente Luana Vicente	20–22, 14–21	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

Pan Am Championships edit

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
2012	Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Miraflores, Lima, Peru	Phyllis Chan	Joycelyn Ko Christin Tsai	17–21, 21–17, 21–12	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
2014	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Phyllis Chan	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana	9–21, 11–21	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
2010	Clube Curitibano, Curitiba, Brazil	Kevin Li	Toby Ng Grace Gao	7–21, 9–21	Silver
2012	Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Miraflores, Lima, Peru	Derrick Ng	Phillipe Charron Phyllis Chan	21–5, 21–6	Gold
2013	Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Toby Ng	Howard Shu Eva Lee	21–12, 23–21	Gold
2014	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Toby Ng	Phillip Chew Jamie Subandhi	21–16, 19–21, 21–18	Gold

Commonwealth Youth Games edit

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

BWF International Challenge/Series edit

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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