At her first Olympic Games in 1992 she only reached the semi-final of the 400 m hurdles competition, but finished sixth in the 4 x 400 m relay with teammates Uta Rohländer, Linda Kisabaka and Anja Rücker.

Instead she competed once more on the 4 x 400 m relay team, finishing fifth with Sandra Seuser, Anja Rucker and Linda Kisabaka.

She finished fourth in the individual distance, 0.11 seconds behind Russian Anna Knoroz who won the bronze medal.

[3] In the 4 x 400 m relay she won her first medal at a major international competition, finishing third with teammates Karin Janke, Uta Rohländer and Anja Rücker.

This result ranks her fourth among German 400 m hurdlers through all time, behind Sabine Busch, Cornelia Ullrich and Ellen Fiedler.

[4] Her success continued at the 1997 World Indoor Championships, where she won a bronze medal in the relay, this time with Anja Rücker, Anke Feller and Grit Breuer.

She finished sixth at the 1998 European Championships,[6] and as the best German she was selected to represent her country at the 1998 World Cup event in Johannesburg.

She decided to continue specializing in the 800 metres in 1999, but fared worse in both events with season's best times of 2:00.76 minutes and 56.29 seconds respectively.

The same year she ran the distance of 400 metres without hurdles at the ISTAF meet in Berlin, finishing in 53.19 seconds.