 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure penguva yekugadzirisa, akakunda mukwikwidzi wake wekutanga wevakuru veFrance muna 1991, achizvikunda mumagumo naGeorges Mathonnet, imwe tariro yeFrench judo, akaberekwa makore maviri pamberi paDouillet. Nemhaka yeiyi zita rokutanga renyika, David akakwanisa kupinda mumakwikwi ake okutanga eEurope muPrague, kwaakapedza ari panzvimbo yechitatu, kubudirira chaiko kune ane makore 22 okukura pakusarudzwa kwake kwokutanga. Mavhiki mashomanana gare gare, akakwikwidza mumakwikwi enyika emauto, uko akawana menduru mbiri. Pakutanga kwa1992, akabudirira kudzivirira zita rake renyika muboka rehuremu hwakanyanya. Akasarudzwa nokuda kweMitambo yeEurope, iyo yakaitirwa muParis, muna Chivabvu 1992, akapenya mumakwikwi akakosha achiwana mukana weBarcelona 1992 Summer Olympics, iyo yakaitika muna Chikunguru wegore rimwe chetero: panguva iyi yeEuropean Championships, akawana menduru yebronze, yakafanana neOlympic tikiti yeSpain. 