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Brooke Stratton (Vic)

DOB:  12 Jul 1993

Age: 27

  

Athlete Profile

Coach: Russell Stratton
Twitter: @brookestratts
Instagram: @brookestratton
Occupation: Student - Bachelor of Health Sciences, Deakin University

Personal Bests
Long Jump: 7.05m (Perth AUS, 12 Mar 2016),
Long jump indoors: 6.75m (Portland USA, 18 Mar 2016),
Triple Jump: 13.34m (Sydney AUS, 15 Mar 2012),|
100m: 11.98 (Melbourne AUS, 19 Oct 2013),
100m hurdles: 14.18 (Melbourne AUS, 6 Dec 2010)

Biography

Brooke Stratton is the Australian record holder in the women's long jump at 7.05m and is set for her second Olympic Games after her best domestic campaign in a number of years, nearing her best as she approaches Tokyo at maximum velocity. 

Stratton started athletics aged five at Nunawading Little Athletics Centre. Her interest in the long jump was sparked when she won the under-9 state title. She compiled a tremendous junior career, starting with the World YouthChampionships in 2009 where she placed 10th. She followed this with two appearances at the world juniors in 2010 and 2012.

Selected for her senior debut in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she was forced to withdraw with an injury. In 2015,she competed at the world championships leaping 6.64m in the qualifying round. Brooke started 2016 with a PB of6.73m, but over five weeks during the domestic season she improved her PB to 6.79m, then 6.94m and finally on March 12, 7.05m. The last performance broke the 14-year-old Australian record. A week later she placed fifth at theWorld Indoor Championships with a leap of 6.75m. At the Rio Olympics, Brooke was brilliant, placing seventh in thefinal with a leap of 6.74m.

Injured during the Australian summer, she resumed competition in Europe and was tremendous at the 2017 WorldChampionships with a series included leaps of 6.67m, 6.67m and 6.64m, placing sixth in the final - the highest placeby an Aussie in the event, surpassing some of our greats, Bronwyn Thompson, Nicole Boegman and Robyn Lorraway.In just her second competition of the 2018 season, she won her third national long jump title with a leap of 6.66m and at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games won silver (6.77m).

Stratton's 2019 season saw her climb onto a Diamond League meet podium before she competed at the IAAF World Championships - placing 10th in the final with a leap of 6.46m after jumping 6.58m in qualifying. 

In the 2020/21 season, Stratton showed strong form early when jumping a windy 6.78m in December before securing the Olympic standard with a leap of 6.84m which saw her sail to yet another national title - granting her an automatic nomination for her second Olympic Games. 

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