Victoria Brown

Victoria Jayne Brown (born 27 July 1985) is an Australian water polo goalkeeper. She is currently a small business owner. She has represented Australia as a member of the Australia women's national water polo team on both the junior and senior level. She was a member of the Australian side that won a bronze medal at the 2005 FINA World League Super Finals and the 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup. She was part of the Australian team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She has earned several honours including being named the 2010 Australian Water Polo Female Player of the Year.

Personal life The tall Brown, born on 27 July 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria, currently resides in Melbourne. One of her parents won a bronze medal for Australia at the Commonwealth Games.

Brown is a goalkeeper. with the first team she competed for being the U17 Kawana Waters side. She has a water polo scholarship from the Australian Institute of Sport.

Club team Brown is a member of the Monash water polo club In 2005, she played for the Lauriston club in Armadale. The annual match between Breakers and Barracudas is considered is one the Courier Mail considers a grudge match. She participated in the 2008 edition with her team. She played for the Victorian Tigers in 2007 and 2009. She was with the Tigers in 2010, when Cronulla played in the finals tournament; in the tournament, she was named in the league final's All Star team. She briefly played with the Tigers in 2012 before taking a break following their 18 February 2012 game against the Cronulla to attend the national team training camp. In 2004, she was a member of the team that toured Europe in July and August, and was the only Victorian woman on the team.

Senior national team

Brown during the fourth test match between Great Britain and Australia on 27 February 2012 as the AIS Aquatic Centre. Australia won 14–8.

Brown is a member of the Australia women's national water polo team.

In the 2007 FINA Water Polo World League Asia-Oceania qualifiers, in Australia's 16–8 defeat of New Zealand, she made eight saves. She was named in the team that competed in the preliminary round at the 2008 FINA World League in Tianjin, China. She was the last player cut before the 2008 Summer Olympics squad was finalised, right before the team left for Beijing, China. She represented Australia at the 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup in Christchurch, New Zealand, and was a member of the Australian team that competed at the Pan Pacific Championships in 2010,

Brown was part of the Stingers squad that competed in a five-game test against Great Britain at the AIS in late February 2012. This was the team's first matches against Great Britain's national team in six years. She was part of the Stingers team that competed at the 2012 London Olympics, winning bronze, and the team that won silver at the 2012 FINA Women's Water Polo World League championships in Changshu, China.

Recognition

In June 2004, Brown was named the Stonnington Leader Senior Sports Star of the Week. In 2006 and 2010, she was named to the National Water Polo League All Star Team. In 2007, she was named the Goalkeeper of the Tournament at the World League Finals. In 2009, she was named the Goalkeeper of the Tournament at the Holiday Cup held in Los Angeles, California. In 2010, she was named the Australian team Most Valuable Player. That year, Australian Water Polo named her the Female Player of the Year.