Brooke Stratton

Brooke Stratton
Personal information
Born (1993-07-12) 12 July 1993
Box Hill, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Education Deakin University
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country  Australia
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Long jump
Coached by Russell Stratton
Updated on 29 August 2015.

Brooke Stratton (born 12 July 1993) is a long jumper from Australia.[2]

Career

The older sister of AFL Women's League footballer Kristy Stratton,[3] Brooke started her career at Knox Athletics following in the footsteps of her talented older brother, Jamie Stratton. She attended Caulfield Grammar School, at Wheelers Hill, Victoria from 2007 to 2011, where she was an outstanding athlete; for example, competing for the school, she won six (under 15) titles at the 2007 Associated Public Schools of Victoria athletics meeting: 100m, 200m, 400m, 90m hurdles, triple jump, and long jump.[4]

She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing narrowly missing the final and later at the 2016 Summer Olympics finishing seventh.[5]

Her personal best in the event is 7.05 metres set at the Perth Track Classic on March 12, 2016, breaking the 14-year-old Australian record held by Bronwyn Thompson.

She was selected for the Australian Athletics team (in long jump) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Queensland.[6][7]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Australia
2009 World Youth Championships Brixen, Italy 10th Long jump 5.86 m
2010 Oceania Youth Championships Sydney, Australia 2nd Triple jump 12.60 m
World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 6th Long jump 6.05 m
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 7th Long jump 6.42 m
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 14th (q) Long jump 6.64 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, Oregon, United States 5th Long jump 6.75 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7th Long jump 6.74 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 6th Long jump 6.67 m
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 2nd Long jump 6.77 m

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Brooke Stratton at IAAF
  3. ↑ Kalac, G., "Kristy and Brooke Stratton have worked together to reach the top in two sports", HeraldSun, 16 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Nilbett, C. & Huf, B., "Brooke Stratton dominates APS athletics meeting", HeraldSun, 1 November 2007.
  5. ↑ "Long jumper Stratton impresses on Olympic debut". ABC News. 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2017-02-06.
  6. ↑ Australian athletics team finalised, 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation, 2 March 2018.
  7. ↑ Turner, D., "Commonwealth Games: Brooke Stratton leaps back after another injury roadblock", Knox Leader, 5 March 2018.


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