Competing at the 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics, she was the bronze medallist behind Valerie Adams and Michelle Carter.

[1] Shortly afterwards she won a gold medal at the 2001 European Youth Olympic Festival, beating Mama Fatty.

[5] She did not improve in 2004 – her first year of full senior competition – but managed a throw of 17.91 m (58 ft 9 in) at the 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships, taking fourth place.

She threw the implement 18.89 m (61 ft 11+1⁄2 in) in Minsk that June and went on to claim silver medals at both the Summer Universiade and the Military World Games.

[4] A significant personal best of 19.79 m (64 ft 11 in) came at the end of May but her performance at the 2008 European Cup was erased as she failed a doping test for excess testosterone and was banned from competition until July 2010.