TAKAHASHI Bruna

Date of Birth: 19 Jul 2000

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Olympic ScholarshipYouth Olympian

Place of birth: SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO

Birth Country:

Brazil

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Women's Singles	33
	Women's Team BRA Brazil	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Women's Singles Round 2 #34 BRA TAKAHASHI BTAKAHASHI Bruna 0 FRA YUAN JNYUAN Jia Nan 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Women's Team Round of 16 #5 HKG Hong Kong, China 3 BRA Brazil 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1R

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	Singles	Team X
2018	Buenos Aires, ARG	QF	Last 16

World Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Doubles X	Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	2R	2R	1R	-
2018	Halmstad, SWE	-	-	-	20
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	1R	1R	-	-
2016	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	-	-	-	21

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Doubles X	Team
2019	Lima, PER	3	3	2	2

Pan Am Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Doubles X	Team
2019	Asuncion, PAR	2	-	1R	2
2018	Santiago, CHI	3	-	QF	1
2017	Cartagena, COL	3	3	1	1

Latin American Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Doubles X	Team
2018	Havana, CUB	1	3	3	1

WTT Star Contender

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles X
2021	Doha, QAT	3R	QF

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64
2020	Singles	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-
2020	Doubles X	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2019	Doubles X	-	-	1x	-	1x	-	-

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
3	2019	Doubles	Czech Open	Olomouc, CZE
Last 16	2020	Doubles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
Last 16	2019	Doubles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
1/16 Final	2020	Singles	German Open	Magdeburg, GER

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Doubles X	Team
2018	Bendigo, VIC, AUS	2R	1R	2R	12
2017	Riva del Garda, ITA	3R	1R	1R	12
2016	Cape Town, RSA	2R	1R	2R	10

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 4R - 4th Round, 3R - 3rd Round, 2R - 2nd Round, 1R - 1st Round, Prel. Rnd - Preliminary Round, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Portuguese, Spanish

Sporting Clube [Lisbon, POR]

Hugo Hoyama [national], BRA

Sporting relatives:

Her younger sister Giulia Takahashi has represented Brazil in table tennis and competed at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Bendigo, VIC, Australia. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 15 Nov 2018; SportsDeskOnline, 02 Mar 2020)

National team:

2016 (esportealternativo.com.br, 13 Jul 2016)

She took up the sport at age eight at club ACREPA in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. (esportedefato.com.br, 05 Jun 2017)

She began playing table tennis as a hobby at a club near her home. "Little by little I liked it and began training more often." (cob.org.br, 01 Jan 2016; esportedefato.com.br, 05 Jun 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (ittf.com, 15 Aug 2017)

Chinese table tennis player Ding Ning. (cob.org.br, 01 Jan 2016)

Her parents. (bandnewsfm.com.br, 01 Apr 2019)

Philosophy:

"Never give up, look for your dreams." (cob.org.br, 01 Jan 2016)

Milestones

At age 16 years and 28 days she was the youngest Brazilian athlete from any sport to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (bandnewsfm.com.br, 01 Apr 2019)

She and Leticia Nakada became the first Brazilian women to win a senior World Tour title when they placed first in doubles at the 2015 event in Santiago de Chile, Chile. (SportsDeskOnline, 02 Mar 2020; ittf.com, 31 Oct 2015)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/bruna.yumitakahashi
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/brunatabletennis/
https://instagram.com/_brunatakahashi/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruna-takahashi-4713a1189
Athlete Website: http://downlomp3.wix.com/bruna

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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