Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - I te tau 2001 ka mutu ia i te tuaono o te 2001 World Indoor Championships ka wini i te mētara koura i te 2001 Mediterranean Games. Ko te hua wikitoria o te 17.05 mita te mea pai rawa atu o tana wa. He tata ki te rekoata toa ano hoki, engari ko te 17.13 mita a Marios Hadjiandreou mai i te 1991 he pai ake. I te tau 2002 i eke ia ki te 17 mita mo te wa tuatahi i roto i te whare, me te 17.03 mita i Genoa i te Hui-tanguru. I whakaoti ia i te tuawha i nga 2002 European Indoor Championships
me te 2002 European Championships i te raumati. I te whakataetae whakamutunga ka peke ia ki te 17.15 mita, a ko tana wa pai ko te 17.17.