Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Badea akapinda mumitambo yake yokutanga yeOlympic muBarcelona muna 1992, kwaakatora menduru yendarira yechikwata pamwe chete naReka Szabo, Elisabeta Tufan, Claudia Grigorescu, naOzana Dumitrescu. Romania yakaenda kunotora menduru yesirivha mu 1993 World Championships muEssen, ipapo menduru yegoridhe mu 1994 World Championships muAthens. Gore rimwe gare gare, Badea akakunda zita rake rokutanga guru roga roga negoridhe mumakwikwi
World Championships muThe Hague; akakundawo menduru yesirivha mumutambo wechikwata. Mumitambo yeOlympic yezhizha ya1996 muAtlanta Badea akahwina menduru yegoridhe mushure mekukunda Valentina Vezzali wekuItaly uye akazova mukadzi wekutanga uye chete wechiRomania mukadzi weOlympic shasha. Mumutambo wechikwata, Romania yakakundwa neItaly mumutambo wekupedzisira ndokutora menduru yesirivha.