Brooke Rangi

Brooke Rangi
Personal information
Full name Brooke Rawinia Stilgoe
Birth name Brooke Rawinia Rangi
Date of birth (1982-09-07)7 September 1982
Date of death 20 August 2024(2024-08-20) (aged 41)
Place of death Whakatāne, New Zealand
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 New Zealand 3 (0)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  New Zealand
Oceania Championships
2000 Adelaide 100 m hurdles
2000 Adelaide High jump

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]

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
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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Football Ferns - line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Football Ferns Caps and Goals". NZ Football. 12 March 2009. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Brooke Stilgoe honoured in women's football clash". WaiBOP Football. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Brooke Stilgoe obituary". The New Zealand Herald. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2025.