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Brooke Buschkuehl
Personal information
Born	12 July 1993 (age 31); Box Hill, Australia
Education	Caulfield Grammar School, Deakin University
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Track and field
Event	Long jump
Coached by	Russell Stratton
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
	Updated on 26 January 2023

Brooke Marie Buschkuehl (née Stratton; born 12 July 1993) is an Australian long jumper. She is the current Australian & Oceanic Record Holder.^[2] She represented Australia in the 2016 and 2020 Olympics. At the 2020 Olympics, 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, Malaika Mihambo of Germany.^[3]

Early years

Stratton started her career at the Nunawading Little Athletics 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 Caulfield Grammar School. 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.^[4]

One year later, Stratton was diagnosed with coeliac disease 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 2014 Commonwealth Games but was forced to withdraw with an injury.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.

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.^[6]^[7]

Personal life

Stratton studied a Bachelor of Health Sciences at Deakin University,^[8]^[9] which she completed in February 2020.^[10] She is the sister of Hawthorn AFLW player Kristy Stratton.^[11] 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.^[12]^[13]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Australia
2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	10th	Long jump	5.86 m
2010	Oceania Youth Championships	Sydney, Australia	2nd	Triple jump	12.60 m
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	6th	Long jump	6.05 m
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	7th	Long jump	6.42 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	14th (q)	Long jump	6.64 m
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, Oregon, United States	5th	Long jump	6.75 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7th	Long jump	6.74 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	6th	Long jump	6.67 m
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	2nd	Long jump	6.77 m
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	10th	Long jump	6.46 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	7th	Long jump	6.83 m
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	5th	Long jump	6.87 m
2022	Commonwealth Games	Birmingham, England	2nd	Long jump	6.95 m
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	17th (q)	Long jump	6.55 m
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	25th (q)	Long jump	6.31 m