 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Calmat akapinda Cours Hattemer, chikoro chomunhu oga. Akatanga kuita skating pazera ramakore mapfumbamwe. Akakunda menduru yesirivha paFrench Figure Skating Championships muna 1954 uye aizoenderera mberi kuhwina menduru gumi nembiri pamatanho emunyika asati aenda pamudyandigere: sirivha nomwe negoridhe shanu. Akaisa 9th pa1956 Winter Olympics uye akakunda menduru yebronze pa1958 European Championships. Mumitambo yeOlympic yechando ya1960, akakwira kunzvimbo yechitanhatu uye akahwina menduru yendarira mumakwikwi eWorld Championships ya1960. 