 Borchert went to the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea, as a reserve for East Germany but did not compete.Her opportunity arose when Fischer went on maternity leave after the Seoul Olympics; she won three gold medals at the 1989 World Championships in Plovdiv.Borchert and her coach, Kersten Neumann, went to West Germany for the 1990 season; this was a year prior to the German reunification.