She was the only female member of the Albanian team at the first edition of the World Athletics Championships[1] in Helsinki (Finland) from 7 to 14 August 1983.
She began her athletic career in special sports classes at the "20 Vjetori i çlirimit" school and soon realized that the high jump was her future in athletics: in that regard, during her sports career for ten years in a row she was national champion (from 1980 to 1990).
[3] Klodeta Gijni graduated from the University of Tirana in Business Economics, (1982-1986) and achieved the ISEF Diploma in the years 1988-1992.
Later she moved to Italy when she achieved a short degree at the University of Bologna in 2006 in Physical Education and Sport Sciences.
Nowadays she is a professor of Physical Education and Sport Science at Bologna High School and she continues to hold her passion for athletics as a master athlete of the Felsinean team "Acquadela".