Jordyn Bruce

Jordyn Bruce (born 14 August 1998) is an American heptathlete and decathlete. She set an unofficial American record in the indoor heptathlon and won bronze medals at the inaugural and second Women's Decathlon World Championships.

Career Early career Bruce is from Eagle River, Anchorage, Alaska. She was a swimmer for most of her life, and only tried track and field events for the first time at Eagle River High School. She started running the 800 meters but then transitioned to hurdles, setting top prep marks in the 100 metres hurdles and 300 metres hurdles.

Bruce competed for the Illinois State Redbirds track and field team beginning in 2017. She initially focused on the 400 meters hurdles, placing 6th at the 2017 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships in that event. Outdoors, Bruce finished 3rd in the heptathlon at the Drake Relays. At the inaugural 2024 Women's Decathlon World Championships, Bruce won the bronze medal behind Allison Halverson and Roseva Bidois. She had the farthest javelin throw of all the competitors and finished two points ahead of the fourth-place finisher. She was a finalist for the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame induction in November 2024.

In 2025, Bruce finished 3rd in the X-Athletics meet in Aubière as part of the World Athletics Combined Events Tour. She returned to the 2025 Women's Decathlon World Championships, where she jumped a personal best of in the long jump. She finished the first day of competition in 6th place, but set additional personal bests in the discus throw, pole vault, and javelin to advance to 3rd place. Following her second bronze medal, Bruce was named the Alaska Athlete of the Week by the Alaska Sports Report.

Personal life Bruce studied actuarial science at Illinois State University. She is sponsored by Lululemon and currently trains in Texas, though she has lived in Wisconsin, Germany, South Dakota, Hawaii, South Korea, Illinois, and Alaska in the past as a military dependent.