Erik Vea was class winner in the unofficial World Cup for veterans in Inzell 29 February 2004.
At the 2011 World Single Distance Championships in Inzell, Germany, she won a bronze medal in the 1000 metres.
Represented South Africa in the 1976 (Madonna di Campiglio, Italy) and 1977 (Inzell, Germany) World Championships.
At the World Sprint Championships of 1971 in Inzell Schleiermacher wins her first and only international title, becoming the successor of Lyudmila Titova from the Soviet Union.