[2] Mirela Dulgheru competed for her native country Romania at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona, Spain.

[3] She won a gold medal in long jump event at the Athletics at the 1993 Summer Universiade, Amherst, New York, USA.

[4] She was a lecturer at the Oil & Gas University of Ploieşti and athletics coach at CSU Asesoft Ploiești.

[5] In 2009, she obtained a Doctor's degree in Physical Education and Sport at the University of Pitești with a thesis on "The Differentiate Nature of Effort’s Specificity in the Development of Movement Qualities During Athletic Tasks".

Soon after her naturalization in Turkey, Mirela Renda set a national record in long jump with 6.52 m.[6] Her record lasted nine years long until it was broken with 6.62 m by Melis Mey, another naturalized athlete.