In 1975, she was the first Belgium winner at the European Junior Championships with a silver medal for 800m freestyle.

In the women's 4x100 meter medley, she managed a team of Yolande van der Straeten, Brigitte Bosmans and her sister Pascale Verbauwen but did not get beyond in the heats with a time of 4:26.33.

In 2000, she was in another selection of the Belgian Professional Association of Sports Journalists in sixth place as Athlete of the Century.

Carine Verbauwen is currently the head coach at the Royal Ghent Swimming Club, training swimmers such as Rami Anis.

In 2016, Carine Verbauwen served as a coach to the Refugee Olympic Team in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.