Tuhia he tohumate mo tēnei wāhanga - I tīmata a Haanappel ki te takahi i te tau 1949 i te karapu takahi hukapapa o Houtrust i Hague. I te 12 o ona tau, i whakataetae ia i tana whakataetae nui tuatahi o te ao, ko te European Championships
I Dortmund, i te wāhi tekau mā whā ia. I toa ia i te tuatahi o ana taitara motu e wha o Netherlands i te tau 1955. I mutu ia i te tekau ma toru i nga Taakaro Orimipia hotoke i te 1956 i Cortina d'Ampezzo, Itari.