 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kubudirira kwake kwekutanga kwakauya pa1977 European Athletics Junior Championships, kwaakakunda zita remamita mazana masere. Pazera remakore makumi maviri, akasvika kumagumo pa1980 Moscow Olimpiki uye akaisa yechina munguva yakanakisisa yehupenyu hwe1:56.21 shure kweSoviet trio yeNadiya Olizarenko, Olga Mineyeva naTatyana Providokhina vakaputsa rekodhi yenyika. Mwaka wakabudirira wa1981 wakatevera, uyo waibatanidza kukunda pa 1981 European Cup, uye pa 1981 IAAF World Cup akahwina sirivha 800 m shure Lyudmila Veselkova uye goridhe neEast German 4 × 400 metres relay team. Akava wechipiri munyika gore iroro nokuda 800 m shure Vesselkova nenguva 1:57.16. Kubudirira ikoko kwakapfuurira muna 1982 nemenduru yesirivha pa 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships, achipedza wechipiri chete kuna Doina Melinte weRomania. Akanga ari pamusoro wepasi rose munzvimbo dzakapfigwa mumwaka iwoyo nemaminitsi 1:59.24. 