[1] In 2009, she was shortlisted by the International Sailing Federation for the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards.

At school, she excelled in a wide range of sports and became a semiprofessional handball player from the age of 9 in 1986 until 1999.

In 2000, she attended a windsurf-instructor license course and began working as a windsurf instructor in her summer holidays while studying journalism and communication at the University of Berlin.

[1] She became the German Kitesurf Champion and in 2003 finished in fourth place in the PKRA world ranking.

[2] In July 2012, she won the bronze medal in the Slalom World Championships, finishing behind Katja Roose and Caroline Adrien.