[1] At the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia she represented England in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke where she finished seventh and sixth respectively.

She teamed up with Ann Osgerby, June Croft and Susannah Brownsdon for the women's 4×100 m medley relay where they finished in silver medal position behind Canada and ahead of Scotland in a time of 4:19.04.

[2] At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California, United States, she participated in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, reaching the 'B' final in both events.

White swam for England in the same two events two years later at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.

She finished seventh in the 200 m backstroke final, but did not progress beyond the heats in the shorter event.