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Bruna Yumi Takahashi (born 19 July 2000) is a Brazilian table tennis player.[1] She represented Brazil at the Summer Olympics two times since 2016. She is one of the best Americas players in the ITTF world ranking, after Puerto Rico's Adriana Diaz. Her sister Giulia Takahashi also plays table tennis.

Career

2013-2016

In October 2013, she won the U13 Latin American Championship title in singles.[5]

On November 1, 2015, she became a cadet World Champion, when she won the World Challenge title in the cadet category, in Sharm El-Shwikh, Egypt. [6]

Bruna Takahashi won bronze in singles and gold in team at the 2016 Latin American Table Tennis Championships.[7]

2016 Summer Olympics

At 15 years old, Takahashi was the youngest athlete on Team Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics. As part of the Brazilian team, her only match was with the then current Olympic champion, Chinese Li Xiaoxia.[8][2]

2017-2020

She participated in the adult World Championships for the first time in 2017, in singles and doubles.[9]

At the 2017 Pan American Table Tennis Championships, she obtained four medals: bronze in singles and doubles, and gold in mixed doubles and team. [10]

In March 2018 she won her biggest individual title when she became champion of the Latin American Table Tennis Championships.[11]

At the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, in Buenos Aires, she reached the quarterfinals of the individual tournament, losing only to China's Sun Yingsha, who finished with the gold medal. Thus, Takahashi finished in the top 8.[12]

At the end of 2018, she reached the semifinals of the 2018 Pan American Table Tennis Championships, where she was eliminated by Adriana Diaz, obtaining bronze in singles.She also won gold in the team event. [13]

At the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Takahashi was seeded N° 5 in women's singles.[14] She won four medals at the 2019 Pan American Games: bronze in singles and doubles, and silver in mixed doubles and for the Team.[15]

2020 Summer Olympics

She participated at the 2020 Summer Olympics, both in the individual and team events.[16][17]

2021-present

In May 2022, Takahashi entered the top 20 of the ITTF world rankings in women's singles, making her the first Brazilian to achieve this feat.[18]

In July 2022, she reached the quarter-finals of the WTT Star Contender in Budapest, being the only non-Asian to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament. [19]

Bruna Takahashi was twice runner-up at the Pan American Table Tennis Championships in singles, in 2021 and 2023.[20]

She won the bronze medal three times at the WTT Contender in Lima 2022, Tunis 2023 and Rio de Janeiro 2023, reaching the semi-finals of the tournaments. In Tunisia, she was the only non-Asian to reach the semi-final.[21][22]

At the 2023 Pan American Games, Takahashi reached the final, and against her biggest rival in the Americas, Puerto Rican Adriana Diaz, she opened 3 sets to 2, but ended up taking silver with a score of 3 to 4. She also obtained the silver in doubles, mixed doubles and a bronze in Team.[23][24][25][26][27]

She reached the round of 16 of the WTT Champions of Xinxiang 2023 and Incheon 2024.[28][29]

In January 2024, Takahashi obtained one of her greatest individual titles when she won the Pan American Table Tennis Cup. With this, she also guaranteed a place in the Table Tennis World Cup, held in Macau, China, in April.[30]

At the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships, the Brazilian team reached the round of 16 of the tournament for the first time. Although Brazil was eliminated by South Korea in the round of 16, in this match Takahashi defeated Shin Yu-bin, the world number 8, by 3 sets to 2, obtaining one of the biggest victories of her career. [31]

At the 2024 Table Tennis World Cup, held in Macau, China, Takahashi was drawn to play against Joo Cheonhui (world no. 17) and Sarah Hanffou (world no. 86) in group 15. [32] Takahashi beat Sarah Hanffou by 3 sets to 1 and competed to qualify for the round of 16 with Joo Cheonhui, where she needed to win to advance to the stage. The Korean managed to impose her game and came out ahead by 2 sets to 0, qualifying for the round of 16. Takahashi still tied the game at 2-2, however, being eliminated in the group stage, in her first participation in the World Cup.[33]

At the 2024 WTT Contender in Rio de Janeiro, she managed to repeat her 2023 result, reaching the semifinals of a tournament of this size for the 4th time. [34] She also reached the doubles semifinals, with her sister Giulia Takahashi.[35]

2024 Summer Olympics

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, she and Vitor Ishiy were eliminated in the mixed doubles debut by 4 sets to 2. In the singles draw, she won her first match at the Olympics, but was eliminated in the second round by Lily Zhang by 4 sets to 2.[36][37]

Best results by type of tournament

Singles

Her best ranking in singles was No. 17 in the world, obtained on June 21, 2022.[38]

Doubles

Mixed doubles

Bruna Takahashi usually plays mixed doubles with Vitor Ishiy, and both have already reached number 11 in the world in this modality in 2023.[57]

Team

The Brazilian team was the 10th best in the world in March 2024, when it entered the top 10 of the world rankings for the first time. [65][66]

References

  1. ^ a b "Table Tennis TAKAHASHI Bruna". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Bruna Takahashi". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Women's Singles 2022 Week #25". Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  4. ^ "ITTF World Table Tennis Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  5. ^ Confira o perfil de Bruna Takahashi, campeã Latino-americana Sub-13
  6. ^ Aos 15 anos, Bruna Takahashi ganha primeiro título mundial para o Brasil
  7. ^ Latino-Americano: Lin Gui supera Caroline Kumahara e é bicampeã
  8. ^ Bruna Takahashi profile at COB
  9. ^ Mundial 2017: 'Faltou muito pouco, mas estou satisfeita', diz Lin sobre confronto com Mima Ito
  10. ^ Bruna Takahashi conquista Bronze no Individual do Pan-Americano de Tênis de Mesa
  11. ^ Bruna Takahashi e Eric Jouti fecham o Latino-Americano com mais dois ouros
  12. ^ "Bruna Takahashi termina entre as oito melhores dos Jogos Olímpicos da Juventude". rededoesporte.gov.br (in Portuguese). 9 October 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023.
  13. ^ Brasil fecha o Pan do Chile de tênis de mesa com três ouros e quatro bronzes
  14. ^ "Women's Singles Seeding List" (PDF). ittf.com. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  15. ^ "LIBRO DE RESULTADOS" (PDF). panamsports.org. August 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Bruna Takahashi sofre diante de francesa e é eliminada na estreia em Tóquio". uol.com.br (in Portuguese). 25 July 2021. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  17. ^ "Bruna TAKAHASHI". olimpiadatododia.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  18. ^ "Women's Singles 2022 Week #18". ittf.com. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  19. ^ Bruna Takahashi reage, quase vira sobre japonesa e termina Star Contender Budapeste no Top 8
  20. ^ Calderano é tetracampeão do Pan de Tênis de Mesa, Bruna Takahashi leva duas pratas e um bronze
  21. ^ Bruna Takahashi iguala melhor campanha da carreira e conquista o bronze no WTT Contender da Tunísia
  22. ^ Valeu, Bruna! Após igualar melhor campanha da carreira, brasileira se despede do WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro nas semifinais
  23. ^ Pan 2023: Bruna Takahashi é prata, chora, e é consolada por rival
  24. ^ Bruna Takahashi perde para maior rival, fica com prata e vê tabus mantidos
  25. ^ Tênis de mesa: irmãs Takahashi conquistam prata nas duplas no Pan
  26. ^ Bruna Takahashi e Vitor Ishiy ganham a prata no Pan 2023 e obtêm vaga em Paris 2024 nas duplas mistas do tênis de mesa
  27. ^ Brasil conquista o ouro no tênis de mesa por equipes masculino
  28. ^ Bruna Takahashi se despede do WTT Champions após duelo com Wang Manyu, número dois do ranking
  29. ^ Bruna Takahashi cai nas oitavas do WTT Champions Incheon
  30. ^ Tênis de mesa: Bruna Takahashi vence rival e fatura Copa Pan-Americana
  31. ^ Brasil cai para a Coreia e encerra campanha histórica no Mundial
  32. ^ Draws released to 4.3 Million Fans: Stage 1 set to Ignite Intense Battles in Macao
  33. ^ Bruna empata com sul-coreana e acaba eliminada por set perdido na estréia
  34. ^ Bruna Takahashi é superada nas semifinais do WTT Rio e iguala sua melhor participação em competições do circuito internacional
  35. ^ Brasil coloca duas duplas nas semifinais do WTT Contender Rio
  36. ^ Bruna Takahashi e Vitor Ishiy caem na estreia das duplas mistas
  37. ^ Bruna Takahashi 'brilha' no tênis de mesa, 'dribla' adversidade e conquista classificação
  38. ^ ITTF TABLE TENNIS WORLD RANKING Women's Singles 2022 Week 25
  39. ^ Bruna Takahashi e Eric Jouti fecham o Latino-Americano com mais dois ouros
  40. ^ Calderano é tetracampeão do Pan de Tênis de Mesa, Bruna Takahashi leva duas pratas e um bronze
  41. ^ Pan 2023: Bruna Takahashi é prata, chora, e é consolada por rival
  42. ^ Valeu, Bruna! Após igualar melhor campanha da carreira, brasileira se despede do WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro nas semifinais
  43. ^ Bruna Takahashi é superada nas semifinais do WTT Rio e iguala sua melhor participação em competições do circuito internacional
  44. ^ Bruna Takahashi reage, quase vira sobre japonesa e termina Star Contender Budapeste no Top 8
  45. ^ Bruna Takahashi se despede do WTT Champions após duelo com Wang Manyu, número dois do ranking
  46. ^ Bruna Takahashi cai nas oitavas do WTT Champions Incheon
  47. ^ Bruna empata com sul-coreana e acaba eliminada por set perdido na estréia
  48. ^ Calderano vence dois jogos, vai à terceira fase e já iguala seu melhor resultado em Mundiais
  49. ^ Bruna Takahashi encerra participação no Mundial de Tênis de Mesa
  50. ^ Bruna Takahashi 'brilha' no tênis de mesa, 'dribla' adversidade e conquista classificação
  51. ^ Pan-Americano: Brasil conquista o ouro no individual masculino e nas duplas masculinas
  52. ^ Calderano é tetracampeão do Pan de Tênis de Mesa, Bruna Takahashi leva duas pratas e um bronze
  53. ^ TÊNIS DE MESA NO PAN – Irmãs Takahashi ficam com a medalha de prata de duplas, no primeiro Pan jogando juntas
  54. ^ Brasil coloca duas duplas nas semifinais do WTT Contender Rio
  55. ^ DIA 3 – Confira os resultados atualizados do terceiro dia de Mundial na Hungria
  56. ^ Duplas são superadas na fase 16 avos de final e Brasil se despede do Campeonato Mundial em Durban
  57. ^ Duplas brasileiras já garantem três medalhas no tênis de mesa em Santiago 2023
  58. ^ Bruna Takahashi e Vitor Ishiy faturam o tri no Pan-Americano de tênis de mesa
  59. ^ Entrosados desde a infância, Ishiy e Takahashi ficam com a prata
  60. ^ Dupla Takahashi/Ishiy termina em terceira posição inédita e Calderano vai às quartas no WTT Contender da Tunísia
  61. ^ Dupla mista brasileira é eliminada nas quartas de evento de tênis de mesa em Doha
  62. ^ Vitor Ishiy e Guilherme Teodoro vencem por 3 sets a 0 e avançam às oitavas de final do Smash de Singapura
  63. ^ Duplas brasileiras são eliminadas nos 16 avos do Mundial
  64. ^ Table Tennis - Mixed Doubles Round of 16 Game 6
  65. ^ Histórico! Seleção brasileira feminina entra no top-10 do ranking mundial de tênis de mesa pela primeira vez
  66. ^ ITTF WORLD TEAM RANKING Women's Teams 2024 March
  67. ^ Penta e tetra! Brasil despacha os Estados Unidos e domina as disputas por equipes no Pan de tênis de mesa
  68. ^ Meninas do tênis de mesa do Brasil igualam campanha de Toronto e saem de Lima com a medalha de prata
  69. ^ Brasil cai para a Coreia e encerra campanha histórica no Mundial
  70. ^ Seleção feminina faz confronto equilibrado com Hong Kong, mas deixa os Jogos de Tóquio nas oitavas de final
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