 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pierre Quinon, ane baba vaiva mumhanyi wemamita 800, akatanga basa rake rekusvetuka padanda paRodia Club Omnisports chikamu chemitambo, iyo iri mutaundi reSalaise-sur-Sanne mudunhu reIsère. Baba vaPierre vakamudzidzisa pachikwata ichocho. Pierre akaita kosi yake yokutanga yokudonha netsvimbo muSaint-Priest, nharaunda yeLyon, achitungamirirwa nomurovedzi wake, Christian Bourguignon, uyo aibva kuLyon. Akaita makwikwi ake okutanga mumakwikwi epole vault muna 1976, pazera remakore 14, mutaundi reLe Péage-de-Roussillon mudunhu reIsère. Akava mukwikwidzi wenyika yeFrance padanho revechidiki pasi pemakore gumi nemasere muna 1979. Akaputika pamwero wenyika muna 1981 nemhaka yechikamu chakakwirira chemamita 5.50 panze. Akakunda menduru yesirivha pa 1981 European Junior ChampionshipsmuUtrecht kupfurikidza nokuchenesa kukwirira kwemamita 5,30. Muna 1981, Quinon akabatana neRacing Club de France muParis uye akadzidziswa ikoko neboka naPatrick Abada, Jean-Michel Bellot naThierry Vigneron aimbova muridzi wepasi rose wepole vault, vese vari pasi pekutarisirwa naJean-Claude Perrin, aive nhengo yevashandi vekirabhu. 