Brooke Buschkuehl (née Stratton; born 12 July 1993) is an Olympic long jumper from Australia. She is the current Australian & Oceanic Record Holder. She qualified for the

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. 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,

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of Germany.

Early years

Stratton started her career at the

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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

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. 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. One year later, Stratton was diagnosed with

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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

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but was forced to withdraw with an injury.

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. 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 Bronwyn Thompson (born 29 January 1978 in Rockhampton, Australia) is a long jumper from Australia. She was the former Commonwealth record holder and holds the Australian record for the long jump. She has been ranked as high as number two in t ...

. She was selected for the Australian Athletics team (in long jump) at the

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on the Gold Coast,

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and was placed 2nd with a leap of 6.77m.

Personal life

Stratton is currently studying a Bachelor of Health Sciences at

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. She is the sister of Hawthorn AFLW player

Kristy Stratton Kristy Stratton (born 26 January 1995) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Hawthorn in the AFL Women's (AFLW). State football In 2014, Stratton won the Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) Division 1 best and fairest, while p ...

. Both of them attended

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and were active athletes, with Brooke holding many records and Kristy holding the record for

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in the under-14 category.

Competition record

References

External links

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