[1] She first attracted attention when, at the age of 14, she performed a solo routine at the 1993 World Junior Synchro championships.

[1] In September 2001, Brusnikina married Sergey Yevstigneyev, an Olympic water polo player and national coach whom she first met in 1994.

[3] After marriage, they lived for a few years in Italy, where Yevstigneyev played for a local team and Brusnikina coached synchronized swimming.

[4] Brusnikina retired shortly after the 2004 Olympics, and on 14 August 2006 gave birth to a son, Iliya.

[6] Currently, she is a member of the Government Commission on Physical Education and Sport and of the Russian Olympic Committee.