Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tana tīmatanga o te Olympics i te 1980 Summer Olympics, i mutu ia i te whitu i tana haurua whakamutunga i runga i te 1500 mita. I taua tau ano i wikitoria ia i te whakataetae 7 km a nga waahine i te whakataetae Greifenseelauf tuatahi. I pakaru tana mahi i te wa i patua ai tana tamahine 9-tau-tawhito a Estehr e te motuka ka noho ia ki roto i te puku mo te 6 marama. Whai muri i tera ka tiaki ia i tana tamahine tino hauā, a kaore he wa nui mo te whakangungu. I oma ia i te 1983 World Championships in Athletics, ka mutu te tekau me te tekau ma tahi i te 1500 mita me te 3000 mita, i runga ake nei. Ko ia te tuarima i te 3000 mita wahine i nga Orimipia Raumati o te tau 1984 a ko ia te tuarima i te whakataetae roa i te
1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Ko nga toa o te ao o te ao o te ao. I tohua ia ki te tohu mo Switzerland i te 1986 European Athletics Championships, a ka mutu te tuawhitu i te 3000 m whakamutunga me te 8th i te 1500m. I taua wa ko ia te tuatoru i runga i te 1500 mita i te IAAF Grand Prix Final.