[1] Disappointed not to earn any title in eleven years of practice, she thought of giving up, but eventually decided to try sabre, a weapon in which she quickly obtained results.

By winning the competition, Mihai also received a prize of $10.000 offered by the federation to the best-ranked athlete wearing a Lexan mask.

[3] Mihai decided to forgo the 2004 Summer Olympics to marry fellow fencer Cristian Lupu, a reserve in the men's national team, and to give birth to a son, Luca Nicolas.

When the women's national sabre team was disbanded for lack of funds, Mihai decided to retire from competition.

[3] Her club CS Dinamo București being subordinated to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, she decided to join the Romanian Police.