 With partner and then-husband Denis Petrov, she is the 1992 Olympic silver medalist, the 1989 World bronze medalist, and the 1991 and 1992 European silver medalist.As a young skater, Bechke was told by her coaches that she had no talent and that she should quit skating.She did not give up and skated with Valery Kornienko from 1979 to 1987.