She trained for the Sydney Games but could not compete in her classification TF42 as there were no events scheduled. She competed for Germany in the 2004 Athens Paralympics, she won a silver medal in the women's long jump F42 event. After the Games, she was dissatisfied with her results and nearly left the sport. At the Games, she became friendly with Australian athletes and in February 2005 moved to Australia to train at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). She was offered a scholarship and was coached by Irina Dvoskina. When applying for Australian citizenship, she stated that "I didn’t want the Germans to get any credit for my improvements so I said I wanted to compete for Australia". The citizenship was approved just prior to the Games. She competed at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. There she won a gold medal in the women's long jump F42 event, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia, and a bronze medal in the women's 100m T42 event.