He failed to finish at the junior race at the 2011 South American Cross Country Championships in February. Despite this, he won a senior bronze medal in the 1500 m at the 2011 South American Championships in Athletics held in Buenos Aires, running a near personal best time of 3:47.81 minutes. He did not match this form at the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships and came fourth, missing a medal by a fraction of a second. Bruno topped the podium at the 2011 South American Junior Championships in Athletics and also managed eighth in the 800 metres. His long season came to an end in October when he ran to 13th place in the 1500 m at the Pan American Games.