He has no limits, his desire to win and compete allows us to understand his sporting voracity. Table tennis is her world and she wants to break all barriers. And she always goes for more. The Brazilian Bruna Alexandre She entered history for being the first Paralympic athlete from Brazil in the World Conventional Team Table Tennis Championshipsbut also allowed the selection yellow green reach the round of 16 for the first time in the championship that takes place in Busan, South Korea.
Alexandre defeated Bernadette Balint (11-9, 11-8 and 14-12) and gave one of the points to Brazil to beat Hungary 3-1. And now they want more, because this Wednesday they will face the South Korean team in the quarterfinals. If they beat the Koreans, they will obtain a place for the Olympic Games in pairs.
For Bruna Alexandre it would be another dream come true to be able to qualify for the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games, two events that are held successively in Paris. ”I’m looking for gold in the Parolympics, but I dream of the Olympic Games“, the player told The Associated Press agency.
If she achieves this step for the Brazilian team, Bruna Alexandre would enter the list of athletes who have managed to be part of the Olympic and Paralympic Games: the New Zealander Neroli Fairhall, the Polish Natalia Partyka, the South Africans Natalie du Toit and Oscar Pistorius, and the Iranian Zarah Nemati. Which would make her the first athlete on the continent to enter that exclusive group.
A story of improvement
Bruna Alexandre, 28 years old, already made a splash when she was part of the Brazilian women’s table tennis team at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, as she was the para-athlete to participate in an event of these characteristics. And for her, having a disability was never a obstacle; she always sought to measure herself against the best.
A few months after being born Alexandre lost his right arm after being amputated due to thrombosis. He began playing table tennis at the age of six in Ceará, Criciúma, as part of a project called ‘Talent Detection’ and which was developed by the Municipal Sports Foundation (FME) of Criciúma.
The Brazilian has been competing in Paralympic disciplines since she was 13 years old and works in the Brazilian Olympic Committee. Her story has always served as an inspiration for other paraathletes, even when they know that she won two bronze medals at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (individual class 10 and in team classes 6-10) and a silver medal at Tokyo 2020. (Single C10).
In addition, he is within the TOP-5 of the Paralympic rankings and is TOP-3 within the sport he practices. It should be noted that the athlete recognized that being on the Olympic team helps her to “compete in the Paralympics.”
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