 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Akaberekerwa muSaint Petersburg ipapo Leningrad, akaita mutambo wake weOlympic aine makore makumi maviri nemaviri uye aive 200 metres semi-finalist uye akabatsira vakadzi veSoviet kusvika wechishanu mu4 × 100 metres relay. Kubudirira kwake kukuru kwakauya pa1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships, kwaakakunda zita revakadzi re400 metres. Akatora menduru yebronze pamakwikwi emamita mazana mana eIAAF World Cup ya1977uye akanga ari kaviri menduru yesirivha yemamita 200 paUniversiade. Akakundawo menduru nhatu dzevanhu paEuropean Cup panguva yebasa rake. 