Shona Brownlee

Shona Brownlee MBE (born 1979) 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.

RAF career

Bronwlee joined the Royal Air Force in 2012. That year, she injured her ankle in training, which later developed into complex regional pain syndrome. she plays the French horn and piano.

Sports career Brownlee started skiing in Bavaria, Germany in 2018. 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. She was the first Briton to win a medal at the championships.

In February 2022, Brownlee was confirmed in the British team for the 2022 Winter Paralympics. It was her first Paralympic Games, Brownlee came sixth in the super-G sitting event. Sitting in 5th place after the super-G, she did not finish the slalom run of the super combined sitting event, and came ninth in both the giant slalom sitting and slalom sitting events.

Honours In November 2021, Brownlee was named the RAF Sportswoman of the Year. She was made an MBE in the 2022 New Year Honours.