 She pursued her studies at the Petrache-Trișcu Sports High School, which later gave her name to one of its alleys.The high school offers a specific curriculum for young athletes with three or four class hours a day, the rest being devoted to sport, but the sports facilities were in a rather run-down state in post-Ceaușescu Romania.For lack of a dedicated building, they first held their training sessions in the community hall of the high school.