Background
Brown was born in Gravesend, Kent, England to Welsh Parents.
Brown was born in Gravesend, Kent, England to Welsh Parents.
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.