Brooke Stratton

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Brooke Stratton
Personal information
Born (1993-07-12) 12 July 1993 (age 28)
Box Hill, Australia [1]
Education Caulfield Grammar School, Deakin University
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Long jump
Coached byRussell Stratton
Updated on 29 August 2015.

Brooke Stratton (born 12 July 1993) is an Olympic long jumper from Australia. She is the current Australian & Oceanic Record Holder. [2] She qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Stratton jumped a distance of 6.6m in her Women's long jump heat and therefore qualified for the final. In the final she improved the distance to 6.8m but this was not sufficient to gain a medal. She came seventh, 0.17m less than the eventual winner, Malaika Mihambo of Germany. [3]

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Early years

Stratton started her career at the Nunawading Little Athletics center at the tender age of 5, following in the footsteps of her 7 year old brother, Jamie. She also competed in athletics at school level for Caulfield Grammar School. Four years later she won the under-9 state title and her success in the long jump continued with the World Youth Championships in 2009 where she placed 10th. She then competed at the world juniors in 2010 and 2012. [4]

One year later, Stratton was diagnosed with coeliac disease and was found to be gluten intolerant. She had been struggling with fatigue for most of the previous two years. She changed her diet and performance improved. She was selected in the 2014 Commonwealth Games but was forced to withdraw with an injury. [4]

Achievements

Stratton competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing leaping 6.64m in the qualifying round but narrowly missed the final. In the 2016 Summer Olympics she finished seventh. [5]

Her personal best in the event is 7.05 metres set at the Perth Track Classic on 12 March 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 and was placed 2nd with a leap of 6.77m. [6] [7]

Personal life

Stratton is currently studying a Bachelor of Health Sciences at Deakin University. [8]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
2009 World Youth Championships Brixen, Italy 10thLong jump5.86 m
2010 Oceania Youth Championships Sydney, Australia 2ndTriple jump12.60 m
World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 6thLong jump 6.05 m
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 7thLong jump 6.42 m
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 14th (q)Long jump 6.64 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, Oregon, United States 5thLong jump 6.75 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7thLong jump 6.74 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 6thLong jump 6.67 m
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 2ndLong jump 6.77 m
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 10thLong jump 6.46 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 7thLong jump 6.83 m

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