Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakawhiwhia a Driano ki te parahi i te 1980 European Championships i Gothenburg, i muri i a Pötzsch me Lurz. I noho ia i te tuaono o nga tohu, i te tekau ma wha i te poto, i te tekau i te koreutu, i te tuawaru o nga whakataetae katoa i te 1980 Winter Olympics i Lake Placid, New York. I mawehe atu ia i te 1980 World Championships
ka mutu tana whakataetae engari kaore ia i huri hei kaitakaro. I te hokinga poto ki te whakataetae, i noho ia ki te tuawha i te 1985 Winter Universiade i Belluno, Itari.