Biography
She won three medal, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. She has 17 caps in national team from 1979 to 1987.
After her career in athletics, she tried to go cycling master, but after some time has been involved in an ugly story of doping, after the inevitable disqualification is taken the complaint to the person who was involved and the publication of a book, Dalla vita inn giù, 2011.
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