[3] In 1988 she was called up for a selection of young promises "Barcelona 92", among them there were some future stars of the Spanish rhythmic gymnastics as Ada Liberio, Edi Moreno, Carmen Acedo, Carolina Pascual, Eider Mendizábal, Rosabel Espinosa, Noelia Fernández and Montse Martín, teammate with whom she would maintain a close friendship.

In 1989 she was called up by the Spanish national team to join the junior group, trained by Rosa Menor, Paqui Maneus, Cathy Xaudaró and Berta Veiga.

Later, again as a substitute, at the European Championships in Gotheburg she won the bronze medal in both the All-Around and with 3 balls & 3 ropes, and the silver with 12 clubs.

[7][8][9] At the World Cup Final, held that year in Brussels, the group (made up of Montse Martín, Beatriz Barral, Lorea Elso, Teresa Fuster, Arancha Marty and Vanesa Muñiz, with Marta Aberturas as the other substitute) won all three bronze medals.

Their ribbon exercise used "Tango Jalousie", composed by Jacob Gade, for the music, while their mixed-apparatus one used the song "Campanas" by Víctor Bombi.

[13] Before the World Championships, they won gold at the Karlsruhe tournament (ahead of the USSR and Bulgaria) and three bronzes at the Gymnastic Masters in Stuttgart.

[14] On 12 October 1991, the Spanish team (consisting of Gemma, Débora Alonso, Isabel Gómez Pérez, Lorea Elso, Teresa Fuster and Montserrat Martín, with Marta Aberturas and Cristina Chapuli as the substitutes) won gold in the all-around at the World Championships in Athens.

After her retirement, she focused on her telecommunications engineering studies while collaborating with her club in Zaragoza as a school and national level coach, winning the bronze medal in the children category at the Spanish Championships of Sets held in Alicante in 1993.