Brooke Marie Buschkuehl (née Stratton; born 12 July 1993) is an Australian long jumper. She is the current Australian & Oceania Record Holder with a personal best distance of 7.13m. She is a 3x Olympian and has represented Australia in the 2016, 2020 & 2024 Olympic Games. At the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Stratton jumped a distance of 6.83m placing 7th in the Women's Long Jump final. Brooke is a 2x Commonwealth Games Silver Medallist (Gold Coast & Birmingham) and multiple World Championship finalist. In 2022 Brooke placed 5th at the Eugene World Championships missing the Bronze Medal by 2 cm.
Early years Stratton started her career at the Nunawading Little Athletics center at the age of 5, following in the footsteps of her brother, Jamie. 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. She also competed in athletics at school level for Caulfield Grammar School.
In 2013 Stratton was diagnosed with coeliac disease. She had been struggling with fatigue & associated symptoms of undiagnosed Coeliac Disease 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.
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.
As a 23 year old, she jumped a personal best of 7.05m 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.Turner, D., "Commonwealth Games: Brooke Stratton leaps back after another injury roadblock", Knox Leader, 5 March 2018.
Personal life Stratton studied a Bachelor of Health Sciences at Deakin University, which she completed in February 2020. She is the sister of Hawthorn AFLW player Kristy Stratton. Both of them attended Caulfield Grammar School in Wheelers Hill, Victoria and were active athletes, with Brooke holding many records and Kristy holding the record for 80 metres hurdles in the under-14 category.
Competition record Representing 2009World Youth ChampionshipsBrixen, Italy10thLong jump5.86 m2010Oceania Youth ChampionshipsSydney, Australia2ndTriple jump12.60 mWorld Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, Canada6thLong jump6.05 m2012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain7thLong jump6.42 m2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China14th (q)Long jump6.64 m2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States5thLong jump6.75 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil7thLong jump6.74 m2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom6thLong jump6.67 m2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia2ndLong jump6.77 m2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar10thLong jump6.46 m2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan7thLong jump6.83 m2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States5thLong jump6.87 mCommonwealth GamesBirmingham, England2ndLong jump6.95 m2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary17th (q)Long jump6.55 m2024Olympic GamesParis, France25th (q)Long jump6.31 m2026Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom3rdLong jump6.80 m
See also List of Caulfield Grammar School people
References
External links
Brooke Buschkuehl at Australian Athletics (archive 2024, archive 2019) Brooke Buschkuehl (Stratton) at Australian Athletics Historical Results (archive)
Brooke Buschkuehl at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)