Personal information | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | Seattle, Washington | 26 January 1996
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 800m |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:59.08 (Eugene, 2023) |
Brooke Feldmeier is an American track and field athlete who predominantly runs 800m races. [1]
Feldmeier hails from Seattle, Washington. Her parents are called Jerry and Deanna and she has an older brother called Jace. [2] She attended Tumwater High School, University of Mississippi and the University of Oregon. [3] Feldmeier was a part of the Oregon team that won the Cross Country, Indoor, & Outdoor NCAA Championships during the 2017 season, and was a five-time All-American. She would later volunteer as an assistant coach with the University of North Florida running team. [4]
In January 2022, she recorded 2:00.92 to win the women's 800m race at the Razorback International in Fayetteville, Arkansas, which was a new personal best and a world leading time. [5]
In June 2022, she reached the final of the 800m at the USATF Championships by setting a new personal best of 1:59.44. In the final she finished fifth with a new lower personal best time of 1:59.08. [6] [7]
In June 2023, Feldmeier acted as one of the pacemakers for Faith Kipyegon as she set a new world record for the women's 1500m at the Diamond League meeting in Florence. [8]
She was selected as part of the American team to run the 800m at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile in November 2023. [9]
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