Her first major international competition was the 2009 World Championships Short Course in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where she took silver in the 100m freestyle.
One year later she won three gold medals at the IPC Swimming World Championship in Eindhoven, the Netherlands and in 2011 added four further titles at the IPC Swimming European Championships in Berlin, Germany.
At London 2012, her first Paralympics, the S5 swimmer won two gold medals in 50m butterfly and 200m freestyle defeating her biggest rivals Nataliia Prologaieva of Ukraine and swimming legend Teresa Perales from Spain. She took home silver medals from the 200m medley and 100m breaststroke.
