She was a double national champion in 1972, winning in both pentathlon and 100 metres hurdles. She was chosen to compete for Hungary at the 1972 Summer Olympics and finished tenth in the long jump and eighth in the pentathlon (outperforming Papp in latter). She repeated her national wins in 1973 and made her first outing at a major international indoors, taking fifth in the 60 metres hurdles at the 1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships. She also topped the podium at the pentathlon semi-final of the European Combined Events Cup.