Education
Brownsdon"s first Olympic experience was as a 14-year-old at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where she finished sixth in the 100-metre breastroke final. She also finished fourth in the 200-metre breaststroke final.
Brownsdon"s first Olympic experience was as a 14-year-old at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where she finished sixth in the 100-metre breastroke final. She also finished fourth in the 200-metre breaststroke final.
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Brownsdon reached the final of the 200-metre breaststroke, finishing seventh. She then went on to finish seventh in both the 100-metre and 200-metre breaststroke finals at the 1985 European Championships. She missed out on individual medals at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, finishing fourth in the 100-metre breaststroke and fifth in the 200-metre.
She again reached both individual finals at the 1987 European Championships, finishing fifth in the 100-metre and eighth in the 200-metre.
Brownsdon competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where she reached the B Final of the 100-metre breaststroke, placing 16th overall. In the 200-metre breaststroke and 400-metre individual medley events, she was eliminated in the heats, placing 20th and 18th overall.
In 1989, she reached both breaststroke finals at the European Championships for the third consecutive time, finishing eighth in both. She also finished sixth in the 200-metre breaststroke final.
Brownsdon"s fourth and final Olympic appearance was at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where she was eliminated in the heats of both breaststroke events, placing 23rd overall in the 100-metre and 21st in the 200-metre.
She competed at the 1996 British Olympic trials but failed to earn selection for the Atlanta Olympics.