[1][2] She represented Romania at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's individual sabre event.

[4] In 2008, Pascu won the silver medal both in the individual and the team events of the Junior European Championships in Ghent.

[5] In the World Championships at Catania that same year, she had to forfeit her bout against Germany's Stefanie Kubissa in the table of 64 after she ruptured her knee ligament.

[citation needed] After three operations in a row, she qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, but lost the first preliminary round bout to China's Zhu Min, with a score of 10–15.

[6] In the 2013 World Championships at Budapest, she defeated Julieta Toledo of Mexico in the table of 64, but stumbled against Ukraine's Halyna Pundyk.