 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Paakanga achiri kuyaruka, Dora akatanga kukwikwidza zvinobudirira semusikana mumitambo, sezviri pachena achiva anonyara zvikuru kutaura pamusoro pezvaakanga achiitirwa. Muna 1936, akatora rutivi muMitambo yeOlympic, shamwari yake yechikwata Gretel Bergmann achitaura kuti: Handina kutongova nemhosva ipi neipi, kunyange kamwe chete... Mukugezera kworuzhinji takashamisika kuti nei asina kumbozviratidza asina kupfeka. Zvaishamisa kuti mumwe munhu aigona kuva anonyara zvakadaro pazera ramakore 17. Takangofunga kuti, Haana kujairika. Iye anoshamisa... Asi hapana aiziva kana kuti akacherechedza chinhu chipi nechipi pamusoro poukama hwake hwevatano hwakasiana. Muna 1938, Ratjen akakwikwidza muEuropean Athletics Championships, uye akahwina menduru yegoridhe nokurova rekodhi yenyika. 