She was born in Leverkusen.
She finished fifth at the 1979 European Indoor Championships.
At the 1981 European Indoor Championships she finished sixth in the high jump and won a bronze medal in the long jump.
She represented the sports club LG Bayer Leverkusen, and won the bronze medal at the West German championships in 1980.She had 6.63 metres as a personal best in the long jump, achieved in August 1985 in Zürich.She died 1988 in a traffic accident.