Brooke Andersen (born August 23, 1995) is an American

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athlete known for throwing events. Her personal best in the

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of , set May 20, 2023 in

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, ranks her as the #3 thrower of all time. Her personal best

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is . On July 17, 2022, at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Brooke Andersen won the gold medal with a hammer throw of .

NCAA career

Brooke Andersen was named to the 2018

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student athlete team and NAU scholar-athlete of the year (2017-2018). She competed collegiately for

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, finished second in the hammer at the 2017 and 2018 NCAA Championships. In college she also threw the

High School career

Andersen won the 2013 Avocado West League discus championship with a throw of . While competing at

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in her hometown of

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, Andersen threw the discus, placed ninth in the San Diego Section championship in 2013. Jay Hibert, her high school coach with help from

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Hall of Fame coach Lloyd Higgins introduced her to the hammer as a high school athlete. Brooke Andersen played 14 years of soccer as a youth through high school.

Career

In the 2018 NACAC Championship, Andersen competed in the hammer for

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. In both

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and

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, she finished third behind

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and

Gwen Berry Gwendolyn Denise Berry (born June 29, 1989) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the hammer throw. Her mark of on June 8, 2018, ranks her #7 on the all-time list. She also holds the world record in the weight throw with a ...

at the

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(the number 4 and 5 throwers of all time respectively). The 2019 place guarantees her a spot on the American team at the

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. Later she won the silver medal at the

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behind Berry's last round Pan American Games record, both Americans defeating the defending champion

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. Andersen was on the medal stand when Berry raised her fist in protest of injustice in America "and a president who's making it worse". At the 2021 Olympic Trials she placed second overall which secured her position on the Olympic Team in

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. There she went on to hit the Automatic Qualifier mark and secure a spot in the Olympic final. Andersen managed to take tenth in her first Olympic Games. In July 2022, Andersen signed with

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andersen, Brooke 1995 births Living people American female hammer throwers American female discus throwers Female weight throwers Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's track and field athletes Environmental economists Environmental social scientists Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Track and field athletes from San Diego 21st-century American sportswomen Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games