Career
She first attracted attention when, at the age of 14, she performed a solo routine at the 1993 World Junior Synchro championships. She was part of the Russian winning team in 2000, and again at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In September 2001 Brusnikina married Sergey Yevstigneyev, an Olympic water polo player and national coach whom she first met in 1994.
After marriage they lived for a few years in Italy, where Yevstigneyev played for a local team and Brusnikina coached synchronized swimming.
Brusnikina retired shortly after the 2004 Olympics, and on 14 August 2006 gave birth to a son, Iliya. After that she coached synchronized swimming in Moscow Oblast and worked as an international referee.
In 2001 she was awarded the.