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 e ia te whakaoti i te whakataetae i taua wa. I te timatanga o te tau 1996 i wikitoria ia i te Chiba International Cross Country i Japan. I noho ia i te tekau ma rua o nga waahi i te 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, i awhina i a Romania ki tetahi atu parahi kapa, ana i 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.