She had most of her success in the national 4 × 400 metres relay teams. She had her first medals in 1989, taking bronze medals at the Universiade (with Yelena Vinogradova, Margarita Ponomaryova and Lyudmila Dzhigalova) and World Cup (with Dzhigalova, Marina Shmonina and Yelena Ruzina). At the 1991 Universiade she took fifth in the individual 400 metres and shared in the relay silver alongside Inna Yevseyeva, Galina Moskvina and Anna Knoroz.