 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Brouwer akawana mhedzisiro yake yekutanga yepasi rose muna 1950, paakakunda menduru yesirivheri kuEuropean Championships, ari chikamu chechikwata che4 × 100 metres relay pamwe naFanny Blankers-Koen. Akakwikwidza mumitambo yeOlympic yezhizha ya1952 mumamita zana, mazana maviri uye 4 × 100 metres relay, uye akahwina menduru yesirivheri mumamita mazana maviri. Medari yesirivha yechitatu yakawedzerwa muna 1954, paakapedza wechipiri pamamita 100 paEuropean Championships muBern. Aivewo nhengo yechikwata cheDutch chemitambo yeOlympic yezhizha ya1956; zvisinei maDutch akasarudza kurambidza Mitambo, uye Van Duyne, uyo aive atove muMelbourne, aifanira kuenda kumba. Aodzwa mwoyo, akarega makwikwi nokukurumidza pashure pacho. 