Burkett akatanga kumiririra Australia pa1987 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships, kwaakakunda menduru yegoridhe pamamita 100 achimhanya neshiri. Mumitambo yeSeoul ya1988, akahwina menduru yesirivheri mumutambo weVarume 4 × 50 m Freestyle Relay A1<unk>A8. Mumitambo yeBarcelona ya1992, akahwina menduru yebronze mumutambo weVarume 50 m Freestyle S9. Akakunda menduru yesirivha pa1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games
mumakwikwi evarume emamita 100 eFreestyle S9. PaMitambo yeAtlanta ya1996, aive kaputeni wechikwata cheAustralia cheParalympic. Mumitambo, akahwina menduru yegoridhe mumutambo weVarume 50 m Freestyle S9, iyo yaakagamuchira Medal yeOrder yeAustralia, uye menduru yesirivheri mumutambo weVarume 4 × 100 m Freestyle S7<unk>10. Pa1998 IPC Swimming World Championships muChristchurch, aive chikamu chechikwata cheAustralia chakahwina menduru yegoridhe uye akaputsa rekodhi repasi rose mumutambo we4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay. Akakunda menduru yegoridhe uye zvakare akaputsa rekodhi yenyika muVarume 50 m Freestyle S9 chiitiko pa1999 European Championships; baba vake vakanga vafa kutanga kwegore iroro. Akatakura mureza weAustralia pamhemberero dzokuzarura Mitambo yokuSydney ya2000. Pamitambo, akahwina menduru yesirivheri mumakwikwi eVarume 4 × 100 m Freestyle 34 pts chiitiko; akaodzwa mwoyo zvikuru kuti aisakwanisa kudzivirira zita rake re50 m freestyle. Akasiya makwikwi okushambira pashure pemitambo ya2000.