Brooke Rangi
New Zealand footballer
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Brooke Rawinia Stilgoe (née Rangi; 7 September 1982 – 20 August 2024) was a New Zealand association football player and track and field athlete. She played three matches for the New Zealand women's national football team, and won two silver medals, in the high jump and 100-metre hurdles, representing her country at the 2000 Oceania Athletics Championships.[1]
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Brooke Rawinia Stilgoe | |||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Brooke Rawinia Rangi | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 September 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 20 August 2024 (aged 41) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Whakatāne, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | New Zealand | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Football career
Rangi made her Football Ferns début in a 0–2 loss to Australia on 18 February 2004,[2] and finished her international career with three caps to her credit.[1][3]
Track and field career
Rangi represented her country in athletics.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  New Zealand | |||||
| 2000 | Oceania Championships | Adelaide, Australia | 2nd | 100 m hurdles | 14.93 s (wind: +2.0 m/s) |
| 2nd | High jump | 1.65 m | |||
Later life and death
Rangi married Terry Stilgoe, and the couple had three children. She was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2021 while living in Australia.[4] She returned to her home town of Whakatāne in April 2024,[4] and died there later that year on 20 August, at the age of 41.[5] She was buried at Hillcrest Cemetery.[5]
