After the Games she lost motivation for competitions. In Winter 1988 she married Roel Wingbermühle, started working as a system analyst and paid little attention to training. In 1989 she won a national 60 m hurdles title, and finished fourth at the European Indoor Championships and sixth and the World Indoor Championships, setting a new national record at 7.89 s. She retired in late 1989, but remained active as an athletics coach.