STRATTON Brooke

Australia

Athletics

Date of Birth: 12 Jul 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Place of birth: MELBOURNE, VIC

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : MELBOURNE, VIC

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Long Jump	7

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump A	Women's Long Jump Qualification - Group A	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump A	Women's Long Jump Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Long Jump
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	7th (6.74)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Long Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	10th (6.46)
2017	London, GBR	6th (6.67)
2015	Beijing, CHN	Qual. (6.64)

Oceania Championships

Year	Location	Long Jump
2019	Townsville, QLD, AUS	2nd (6.49)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Long Jump
2019	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 7th
2018	1 x 3rd, 1 x 5th, 1 x 6th
2017	1 x 3rd

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
3	2019	Long Jump	Doha, QAT	6.73
3	2018	Long Jump	London, GBR	6.76
3	2017	Long Jump	London, GBR	6.79
4	2019	Long Jump	London, GBR	6.64
5	2018	Long Jump	Brussels, BEL	6.57
6	2018	Long Jump	Lausanne, SUI	6.62
7	2019	Long Jump	Brussels, BEL	6.53

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2019	Long Jump	World Challenge	Osaka, JPN	6.66
1	2018	Long Jump	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	6.71

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Nickname:

Brookey, Stratts (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 01 Apr 2016; vis.org.au, 01 Feb 2016)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Coaching, Exercise Science - Deakin University, Australia

Family:

Partner Nathan Buschkuehl

Languages spoken:

English

Coach:

Russell Stratton [personal, father], AUS, from 2004

Sporting relatives:

Her older brother Jamie competed in long jump at the 2014 Melbourne Track Classic in Australia, and her sister Kristy participated in long jump and triple jump at the 2014 National Junior Championships in Sydney, NSW, Australia. Her partner Nathan Buschkuehl has represented Australia in triathlon, and competed at the 2018 Oceania Championships in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. (sbs.com.au, 03 May 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 20 Feb 2020; Facebook profile, 14 Feb 2020; triathlon.org, 08 Apr 2018)

Injuries:

In September 2017 she was diagnosed with a stress fracture in the sesamoid bone in her foot. She wore a walking boot for six weeks. (exclusiveinsight.com, 08 Apr 2018; Facebook page, 06 Dec 2017)

She was sidelined with stress fractures in her foot and pubic bone following the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She returned to competition in June 2017. (athletics.com.au, 01 Jan 2018; heraldsun.com.au, 05 Mar 2018; Facebook page, 06 Dec 2017)

In 2014 she missed six months, including the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, because of a stress fracture of the L4 vertebra in her back. (smh.com.au, 15 Mar 2016)

Start:

She took up athletics at age five in Nunawading, VIC, Australia. (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 01 Apr 2016; Athletics Australia Facebook page, 05 Oct 2019)

Reason:

"It's been a childhood dream of mine to make the Olympic Games. I can remember watching the Olympics when I was in grade one [of school], the Sydney Olympics, and seeing Cathy Freeman bring home the gold medal. It was so inspiring for me and I knew that's where I wanted to be." (abc.net.au, 01 May 2016)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (exclusiveinsight.com, 01 Apr 2020)

Hero:

Australian long jumper Bronwyn Thompson, Australian sprinter Cathy Freeman. (vis.org.au, Feb 2016; Athletics Australia Facebook page, 05 Oct 2019)

Influence:

Her father and coach Russell Stratton. (runnerstribe-statscentral.com, 15 Apr 2014)

Ritual:

She eats a Snickers chocolate bar before she competes. "I ate one before my first-ever overseas comp and went on to jump really well at that event. I kept up that tradition and I've kept smashing personal bests and breaking records so it seems to be working for me." (this.deakin.edu.au, 01 Jan 2016)

Philosophy:

"If you are the best, train like you are the second best." (vis.org.au, Feb 2016)

Award:

She was named Female Athlete of the Year at the 2016 Deakin University Sports Awards. (Twitter profile, 12 Dec 2016)

General Interest

General
RUN UP CHANGE
In 2019 she changed her long jump run up, extending it by over one metre. "I've changed my run up which I think has been my issue this season [speaking in 2019]. I just wasn't quite running through the board. [I] was just hesitating and steering for the board. Hopefully that in itself is going to allow for more speed through my take off. I took my run up back just over a metre. It doesn't sound like much, but over 35 metres, it's a pretty big change. I'm just trying to stay really confident and just believe that I've put in the work I need to do." (athletics.com.au, 05 Oct 2019)

ILLNESSES
In April 2013 she was diagnosed with coeliac disease after struggling with fatigue for the previous two years. She was also diagnosed with an underactive thyroid in 2017. "The diagnosis [of coeliac disease] was a massive turning point. It was crazy how different my training was or the quality of it before and then after. It was a massive relief to be diagnosed. Once we changed the diet, the improvement came." In early 2017 she was diagnosed with the autoimmune condition Hashimoto's disease, which affected her performance at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar where she finished 10th. "It was just one of those phases where I lost the plot a bit and it affected my performances a lot more than I thought it would." (smh.com.au, 15 Mar 2016; heraldsun.com.au, 02 Oct 2013; heraldsun.com.au, 05 Mar 2018; Facebook page, 06 Dec 2017; canberratimes.com.au, 07 May 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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