 Ito haana kukwikwidza pamakwikwi eWorld Junior muna 1983, akaitika muna December 1982, pashure pokunge atambura nekotsvi yakaputsika pakutanga kwegore iroro. Mumatsutso a1983, akaita mutambo wake wekutanga wepasi rose kuEnnia Challenge Cup muNetherlands, makwikwi airatidza chirongwa chipfupi uye skating yemahara chete, pasina manhamba anomanikidzwa. Akapedza ari wechipiri kuna Katarina Witt, uyo akapfuurira kukunda zita reOlympic mwedzi mishomanana gare gare. Itos free skating yaisanganisira matanhatu matatu akasvetukaflip, Lutz, loop, Salchow, uye maviri toe loopsuye iye zvakare akapedza kaviri loop-katatu loop mubatanidzwa muchidimbu chirongwa. Pa1984 World Junior Championships, akakunda zvose purogiramu pfupi uye kusununguka asi akapedza wechitatu zvachose nekuda kwekugara kwakaderera muzvikamu zvekumanikidzwa. Ito akambokwikwidzawo paWorld Championships ya1984, kwaakapedza ari wechinomwe. 