Agletdinova was born in Kurgan-Tyube in the Tajik SSR of the Soviet Union. She moved to the Belarusian SSR in 1980 and established herself as a high level runners shortly afterwards, setting bests of 1:58.65 minutes for the 800 m and 4:04.40 minutes for the 1500 m. She improved her 800 m best to 1.56.1 minutes in 1982, then was selected for the 1982 European Athletics Championships as a result, where she reached the semi-finals.