 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mumakwikwi eEuropean Championships muna 1950 muBrussels, Desforges akapedza ari wechishanu mumakwikwi emamita makumi masere uye aive chikamu chechikwata chendarama chakahwina menduru yegoridhe ye4 × 100 m relay. Akanga ari Mukwikwidzi weEurope mukusvetuka kure, mu 1954 European ChampionshipsmuBerne, Switzerland, nokudonha kwemamita 6,04. Mumakwikwi mamwe chetewo Desforges akapedza ari wechitanhatu mumakwikwi emamita makumi masere. Iye anoramba ari iye chete mutambi weBritish akakunda menduru yegoridhe yeEuropean mune zvese nhangemutange uye chiitiko chemunda. 