 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akaita kutanga kwake kwenyika yose semutambi wechidiki, achimhanya mumapoka eSoviet paIAAF World Cross Country Championships muna 1982 na1983. Akakunda menduru yake yokutanga yenyika dzose pa 1983 European Athletics Junior Championships, akapedza ari wechipiri mumakwikwi emamita 1 500 achitevera Maik Dreissigacker wokuEast Germany. 