Her personal best put was 19.03 metres, achieved in June 1990 in Cardiff placing her second on the British outdoor list, behind Judy Oakes. She was also a World Champion in powerlifting, and a World Championship medalist in weightlifting. As of 2019, she remains the last British weightlifter to win a World Championships overall medal, a bronze in 1994 World Weightlifting Championships. She was the last British lifter to win a medal of any type until Emily Godley's clean and jerk bronze medal in 2019.