Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hanga e Folker tana ake hitori kaukau i te 1999 Summer Universiade i Palma de Mallorca, Spain, i reira i whiwhi ai ia i te mētara parahi i te 100 m freestyle i te 50.77, ka mutu i muri i a Denis Pimankov o Ruhia me Mauro Gallo o Itari. I te wā i whakahaeretia ai e tōna iwi, e Awherika ki te Tonga, te
I nga Taakaro Katoa o Awherika i Johannesburg i taua tau, i taapirihia e Folker etahi atu mētara e rua ki tana umanga i mua o te mano tini o te kaainga: he hiriwa i te 50 m freestyle (22.83) me tetahi atu parahi i te 100 m freestyle (50.61).