Ko ia te 29th i te whakataetae roa i te 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, e tohatoha ana i te mētara parahi a te kapa, i tana tekau ma tahi o nga waahi i te 1995 European Cross Country Championships i kawea mai e Romania nga mētara hiriwa a te kapa i taua huihuinga. I oma a Olteanu i te 1995 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships engari kaore i taea te whakaoti i te whakataetae i taua waa. I te timatanga o te tau 1996 i wikitoria ia i te Chiba International Cross Country i Japan. I riro ia i te wahi tekau ma rua i te 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, e awhina ana i a Romania ki tetahi atu roopu parahi, ana ka tiimata tana whakataetae Olympic i te ara i Akuhata. I te whakatakoto i te tohu pai o te mahi 31:26.46 meneti, i uru ia ki te tuawaru i te 10,000 mita wahine i te 1996 Atlanta Olympics.