[2][3][4][5] Ghican represented Romania five times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships from 1986 to 1997, with her best performances being eighth place in the 1990 senior women's race and a team bronze medal at the 1996 competition.

[9] Although she continues to rank high on the Romanian lists, she never won a national title as she was overshadowed by contemporaries such as Olympic champions Maricica Puică and Paula Ivan (who beat her to the 3000 m gold at the 1989 Universiade), as well as Elena Murgoci, Iulia Olteanu and Elena Fidatov among others in a high point for Romanian women's distance running.

[10] On the track and field circuit she won races at the Janusz Kusociński Memorial (1987), and the Meadowlands Invitational, Meeting de Paris, Meeting de Atletismo Sevilla and Helsinki Grand Prix in 1990.

[6][11][7] She was third in the 5000 m at the 1990 IAAF Grand Prix Final, which resulted in her placing second behind PattiSue Plumer in the series rankings.

She later fell out with Bură and became a running coach herself at CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu, though she spoke highly of him and his training methods.