Career
Meanwhile, she continued winning national titles in swimming through late 1970s. She took swimming because her doctor advised it to improve her shoulder condition. However, she noted in 1970 that her heart was always for ball sports, handball or football.
In 1970 she started training in handball and for about a year did both swimming and handball every week.
After that she focused on handball and by 1973 was part of the national team She retired after the 1980 Olympics to coach handball and swimming at the Humboldt University.