Ka cika wannan jumla: Ya zama sananne a shekara ta 1979 a matsayin matashi ɗan wasa. Da farko ya dauki lambar azurfa ta mutum da ta kungiya a gasar
1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships tseren matasa, sannan ya lashe tseren mita 5000 a 1979 European Athletics Junior Championships <unk> lokacinsa na nasara na minti 13:44.37 ya kasance rikodin gasar a shekarar 2014. Ya kammala kakar wasa tare da rikodin matasa na Turai na minti 13:27.04 a London.