Brown gained national exposure in March 1994 when, at 16 years of age, she broke Anita Nall's 200-metre breaststroke world record by 0.59 seconds in Brisbane.

Failing to qualify for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Brown announced her retirement from competitive swimming.

So, Brown made a pact with her then fiancé, now husband, medley swimmer Zane King that they would put everything into making the team for Sydney.

For Brown this meant moving to Melbourne to link up with her former coach, Michael Piper leaving the Australian Institute of Sport-based King behind.

[3] At the conclusion of the Games, she announced her retirement and in November 2005 she gave birth to her first child, Indiana Rose King.