At the 2002 European Aquatics Championships in Berlin she won a bronze medal in the 50 m butterfly. She won also a bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay together with Manon van Rooijen, Marleen Veldhuis and Wilma van Hofwegen. In December 2002 she won two bronze medals at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2002 in the 4×50 m freestyle and 4×50 m medley relay. In 2003, she started at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona where she finished 4th in the 4×100 m freestyle, 5th in the 50 m butterfly and 6th with the medley relay. In Dublin in December she won the gold medal in the 4×50 m freestyle and the bronze medal in the 4×50 m medley relay at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2003.