Brooke Pratley


Country
Birth date
Age
06/04/1980 
32
Height
Weight
Gender
191 cm / 6'3" 
75 kg / 165 lbs 
F
Sport
PRATLEY Brooke
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RankEventYearLocationResult
Olympic Games
6Eight2008Beijing, CHN6:14.22
World Championships
1Double Sculls2006Eton, GBR6:47.67
4Quadruple Sculls2011Bled, SLO6:24.49
4Quadruple Sculls2010Hamilton, NZL7:19.81
World Cup
2Double Sculls2012Munich, GER7:11.92

Nickname

Brooklyn. (Rowing Australia, 20 Jul 2007)

Hobbies

Playing and watching tennis, reading, eating, listening to music, travelling, basketball, sleeping and being lazy [when training allows]. (rowingaustralia.com, 20 Jul 2007)

Occupation

Physiotherapist

Education

Physiotherapy - Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, AUS

Language(s) spoken

English

Club name

Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, AUS

Coach

Curtis Jordan (USA) (rowingnsw.asn.au, 24 Feb 2011)

Sporting relatives

She used to play basketball with the Australian Basketball Association competition before she began rowing. (beijing2008.olympics.com.au, 25 Aug 2008)

Other sports

Her cousin Susan Pratley is an Australian netballer. (rowingaustralia.com.au, 08 Nov 2010)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She began in 2002. (beijing2008.olympics.com.au, 25 Aug 2008)

Reason for taking up this sport
"I had a friend who dragged me to a rowing shed and told me to give it a go. It was the first time I laid eyes on a rowing boat and I was hooked." (beijing2008.olympics.com.au, 25 Aug 2008)

Hero
Australia's double Grand Slam tennis champion Pat Rafter. (Australian Institute of Sport, 20 Jul 2007)

Most influential person in career
Her first coach Inna Frolova, who inspired her to take the sport seriously. (rowingaustralia.com, 20 Jul 2007)

Sporting philosophy / motto
Believe in myself. (beijing2008.olympics.com.au, 25 Aug 2008)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
She worked as a physiotherapist for Australia's flatwater kayak team during their 2005 World Cup tour. (Rowing Australia, 20 Jul 2007)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008


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