Shona Brownlee MBE (born 1979)[1] is a British skier and Royal Air Force Corporal. She won two medals at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships, and competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.
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| Born | 1979 (age 44–45) Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Alpine skiing | |||||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| World finals | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editBrownlee is from Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland.[2] She attended Carmondean Primary School and Deans Community High School. She has a bachelor's degree in music from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and a master's degree from Arizona State University.[3]
RAF career
editBronwlee joined the Royal Air Force in 2012.[3][4] That year, she injured her ankle in training, which later developed into complex regional pain syndrome.[2] In 2018, she had a leg amputation.[3]
Brownlee has been a member of the Central Band of the Royal Air Force;[5] she plays the French horn and piano.[2] Prior to her amputation, she was unable to be part of the marching band due to her injury.[6]
Sports career
editBrownlee started skiing in Bavaria, Germany in 2018.[3] She later became part of the Armed Forces Para Snowsport Team,[5] and in 2019, she raised £50,000 for charity through the organisation.[5]
Brownlee was added to the GB Snowsport squad for the 2021–22 season.[7] As of 2021, she had won 25 medals in Europa and North American Cup, including 11 gold medals, and she was the British champion in all alpine skiing sitting category event.[3] As of December 2021, she was also the highest ranked British skier, and the ninth best in the world.[5] At the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer, Norway, Brownlee came second in the women's super-G event,[4] and third in the giant slalom event.[8] She was the first Briton to win a medal at the championships.[2] In the same year, she competed at the British Para-Triathlon Championships, winning a silver medal.[1]
In February 2022, Brownlee was confirmed in the British team for the 2022 Winter Paralympics.[9][10] It was her first Paralympic Games,[9] and she was one of 14 Scottish athletes competing.[11] Brownlee came sixth in the super-G sitting event.[12] Sitting in 5th place after the super-G, she did not finish the slalom run of the super combined sitting event,[13] and came ninth in both the giant slalom sitting[14] and slalom sitting events.[15]
Honours
editIn November 2021, Brownlee was named the RAF Sportswoman of the Year.[2][3] She was made an MBE in the 2022 New Year Honours.[5][10]
References
edit- ^ a b ""MUSIC HAS PLAYED A MASSIVE PART IN MY LIFE. IT'S ALMOST ALL I'VE EVER KNOWN!" – SHONA BROWNLEE". GB Snowsport. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Shona Brownlee MBE is ready to take on Paralympic Monoski". Blesma, The Limbless Veterans. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "West Lothian Winter Paralympic skier named RAF Sportswoman of the Year". Daily Record. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ a b "World Para Snow Sports Championships: Britain's Shona Brownlee wins Para-alpine skiing silver". BBC Sport. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Armed Forces recognised for outstanding achievements in the New Year Honours list". Government of the United Kingdom. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "RAF sportsman and sportswoman 2021". Royal Air Force. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ "British Paralympic Legends Joined By New Talent In Largest Ever British World Class Programme Para Snowsport Squad". Snow Industry News. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Winter Paralympics preview: Para alpine skiing day five". International Paralympic Committee. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Great Britain to send team of 25 athletes to Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing". The Independent. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ a b "West Lothian Winter Paralympic Games skier going for gold in Beijing". Daily Record. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "14 Scots heading to the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games". Scottish Disability Sport. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Women's Super-G sitting - Results". paralympic.org. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Women's Super Combined Sitting - Results". paralympic.org. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Women's Giant Slalom Sitting - Results" (PDF). results.beijing2022.cn. 11 March 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Women's Slalom Sitting - Start List" (PDF). results.beijing2022.cn. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.