Brooke Buschkuehl

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Personal life
Stratton is currently studying a Bachelor of Health Sciences at Deakin University. 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.