Brooke Pratley
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| Born | 6 April 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2003-2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sydney Uni Women's BC | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | Beijing 2008 W8+ | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Brooke Pratley (born 6 April 1980 in Goulburn, New South Wales) is an Australian former rower. She is an Australian national champion, a world champion, a dual Olympian and an Olympic medal-winner. Together with Kim Crow, she won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Pratley's senior club rowing was done from the Sydney University Women's Boat Club. She was awarded a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport prior to the 2008 Olympics.
Pratley made New South Wales made state selection contesting the Women's Interstate Sculling Championship (the Nell Slatter Trophy) at the Australian Rowing Championships in 2005. On five occasions from 2006 to 2011 Pratley rowed in the New South Wales senior women's eight contesting the Queen's Cup at the Australian Championships.[1]
In Sydney University colours she contested Australian national titles at the Australian Rowing Championships on a number of occasions. In 2006 and 2007 she raced in all three sculling boats - the single, the double and the quad as well as being seated at six in New South Wales composite eights. She won the Australian national title in the quad scull in 2006.[2] In 2008 she competed in the quad, in a pair and in a composite Australian selection eight which won the open women's eight national championship.[3]
