On 24 June 2017 she married Christian Fromm, German national team volleyball player.

[1] Brinker represented her country in the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009.

[4] In the 2012–13 CEV Women's Champions League Brinker won the bronze medal with her club after falling to Rabita Baku in the semifinals,[5] but defeating Galatasaray Daikin to claim the podium finish.

[7] 2014 in the FIVB Championships in Italy, she carried the German team into the second round where they fell one point short of reaching the quarter-finals (final 9th place).

[8] After 11 years in the national team, she announced her retirement in the 2018 FIVB Women's World Championship [9][10]