[1] At the 1969 European Athletics Championships she won a silver medal as a member of the 4×100 metre relay team.

In 1970 she won the European Cup Final in 100 metres, defeating the favourite Renate Stecher (GDR).

Next year she won two European titles, in the long jump and 4×100 m relay, and placed second in the 100 meters.

[1] Becker was elected German Sportswoman of the Year in 1968 and 1971, and received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Bay Leaf) in 1968.

In 1982–84 and 1986–90 she was vice president of the Federal Panel of Women Sports of the German Athletics Association.