The following year, Rakiecki was chosen by the Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association as one of 23 athletes to partake in the 1986 Stoke Mandeville Games in Aylesbury, England. She won the Class 4 1500 metres wheelchair race, the Class 4 200 metres wheelchair event, and the women's Class 4 800 metres wheelchair competition. Rakiecki finished second in the women's race of the Richmond Flatland 10k held as part of the Canadian Wheelchair Championship. She later won a silver medal in the women's 1500 metres wheelchair open competition and a gold medal in the women's 400-metre open event at the 1987 International Games for the Disabled in Paris. At the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome, Rakiecki won the women's exhibition 800 metres wheelchair competition with a new world record. In late 1987, she sought assistance from middle-distance coach Doug Clement to obtain a medal at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea. Rakiecki placed fourth in her division at the 1988 Vancouver Sun Run.