Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Mafi kyawun lokacinsa na minti 3:55.65 don tseren mil shine rikodin Finnish. Ya kuma kafa tarihin Turai na ƙasa da 20 na minti 7:43.20 don mita 3000 a 1977. A matsayinsa na matashin dan wasa ya lashe kambun mita 1500 a gasar zakarun Turai ta matasa a shekarar 1975 da 1977, da kuma tagulla a gasar tseren matasa ta 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Ka yi haƙuri. A matakin kasa ya lashe tsakiya mai nisa a gasar zakarun kasar Finland a shekarar 1977, ya lashe lambar yabo ta biyu na mita 1500 a shekarar 1979 kuma ya dauki wasu sunayen sarauta guda uku tsakanin 1977 da 1980. Ya kuma kasance zakara na kasa sau hudu a cikin gida.