Badea sonyere n'egwuregwu Olympic mbụ ya na Barcelona n'afọ 1992, ebe o nwetara ọla nchara otu ya na Reka Szabo, Elisabeta Tufan, Claudia Grigorescu, na Ozana Dumitrescu. Romania gara nweta ihe nrite ọlaọcha na 1993 World Championships na Essen, mgbe ahụ ọlaedo nrite na 1994 World Championships na Athens. Mgbe otu afọ gachara, Badea nwetara ihe nrite mbụ ya n'otu n'otu site n'iji ọla edo merie n'asọmpi mba ụwa
na Hague; o ritekwara ọlaọcha n'asọmpi ndị otu. Na 1996 Summer Olympics na Atlanta Badea meriri nrite ọla edo mgbe o merisịrị Valentina Vezzali nke Italy ma bụrụ onye mbụ na naanị nwanyị Romanian fencer Olympic. N'asọmpi ndị otu, Italytali meriri Romania na ngwụcha wee were ọla ọcha.