Career
Her best individual results were fifth place in the floor exercise in 1972 and on the balance beam in 1976. Her father Rudi Hellmann was an East German sports official She retired shortly after the 1976 Olympics and in 1979 began coaching at her club South Carolina Dynamo Berlin.
Later she progressed to the head choreographer for the East German women"s team (floor exercise).
After retirement from coaching she worked as a fitness instructor at an hotel in Zinnowitz, Germany.