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]

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Alexandra Bruce
Bruce (furthest left) at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games
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Nickname(s)	Alex, Brucie
Birth name	Mary Alexandra Bruce
Country	Canada
Born	(1990-05-27) 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 2011 Guadalajara Women's doubles 2015 Toronto Mixed doubles 2015 Toronto Women's doubles Pan Am Championships 2016 Campinas Mixed team 2014 Markham Mixed doubles 2014 Markham Mixed team 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed doubles 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed team 2012 Lima Women's doubles 2012 Lima Mixed doubles 2012 Lima Mixed team 2010 Curitiba Mixed team 2009 Guadalajara Mixed team 2013 Santo Domingo Women's doubles [2010 Curitiba Women's doubles 2010 Curitiba Mixed doubles 2014 Markham Women's doubles 2009 Guadalajara Mixed doubles Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 Pune Girls' doubles
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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]

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]

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]