| Place Of Birth | Manly, New South Wales, Australia |
| Residence | Mitcham, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Student and nanny/motivational public speaker |
| International Debut | 1994 (Commonwealth Games, Victoria) |
| Coach | Mark Thompson |
| Influential Person | Her parents |
| Idol | Her grandfather/Linley Frame and Monica Seles |
| Recent Results | FINA World Championships (Montreal, July-2005)
3rd in the 50m breaststroke (30.89)
5th in the 100m breaststroke (1:08.07)
6th in the 200m IM (2:14.70) |
Commonwealth
Games History | Melbourne 2006
Silver in the 200m Individual Medley (2:13.32)
Manchester 2002
Silver in the 100m breaststroke (1:09.10)
4th in the 200m breaststroke (2:29.55)
Kuala Lumpur 1998
did not compete
Victoria 1994
4th in the 200m breaststroke |
Olympic
Games History | Athens 2004
Silver in the 100m breaststroke (1:07.15)
8th in the 200m breaststroke (2:26.39)
1st in the heat of the 4 x 100m medley relay (4:01.17)
Sydney 2000
did not compete
Atlanta 1996
did not compete |
| Injuries | She battled illness at times in 2005 as well as having her tonsils out which forced her out of the pool for several weeks. |
| Other | Despite battling illness in 2005, Brooke still managed a successful year with a bronze medal and a personal best in the 50m breaststroke at the World Championships in Montreal, and three gold and two silver medals at the 2005 Australian Short Course Championships.
It was 2004 that ended in a blaze of glory for Brooke, winning a record six gold medals at the World Short Course Championships in Indianapolis.
Earlier in the year she took out the 200m IM and finished second in the 50 and 100m breaststroke at the Telstra Trials.
She competed in her first race - a Freestyle event - at the age of five, which she won despite swimming breaststroke.
She missed selection for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games by a mere 0.11 seconds. |