Background
Brown was born in Gravesend, Kent, England to Welsh Parents.
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Emma Brown
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Career
Previous to Powerlifting Emma participated in other sports such as track and field (especially archery). On one occasion the weather was so atrocious that the teams decided to go in watch some of the indoor sports. So she decided to have a go at powerlifting Stoke Mandeville and set a British record with her first lift.
Emma has said many times in interviews that she preferred the sport because it was indoors and out of the weather! She competed at her second Paralympics at the 2004 Games held in Athens, Greece.
Injury forced her to retire from competitive powerlifting in 2007.
Achievements
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At the 2000 Summer Paralympics hosted by Sydney, Australia, she lifted 132.5 kg to win the gold medal in the women"s up to 82.5 kg event. As the sport was making its Games debut she became the first British woman to win a Paralympic powerlifting gold medal. She successfully defended her title in the women"s up to 82.5 kg competition. She lifted a total of 130 kg, tied with French lifter Carine Burgy, but won the gold medal based on her lower body weight. In addition to her Paralympic games medals Brown won World Championship gold medals in 1998 and 2002 as well as six European titles in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005.
