Brooke Andersen (born August 23, 1995) is an American track and field athlete known for throwing events.
On July 17, 2022, at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Brooke Andersen won the gold medal with a hammer throw of 78.96 m (259 ft 1⁄2 in).
[1] Brooke Andersen was named to the 2018 Big Sky Conference student athlete team and NAU scholar-athlete of the year (2017-2018).
[8] In both 2018 and 2019, she finished third behind DeAnna Price and Gwen Berry at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships (the number 4 and 5 throwers of all time respectively).
[9] Andersen was on the medal stand when Berry raised her fist in protest of injustice in America "and a president who's making it worse".