Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe o meriri ọla edo na ọlaọcha na European Junior Swimming Championships 1998 na Antwerp ọ mere mba ya mbụ na 1999 FINA Short Course World Championships na Hong Kong. Groot nwetara ihe nrite mba ụwa mbụ ya, ọlaọcha, na 4 × 100 m freestyle relay ya na Thamar Henneken, Wilma van Hofwegen na Inge de Bruijn. N'otu n'otu, ọ gbara nke iri na anọ na 100 m butterfly. Ka ọnwa ole na ole gachara, ọ gara asọmpi
1999 European Aquatics Championship na Istanbul. Na 50 m urukurubụba ọ meriri nrite mbụ ya, mgbe ọ dị afọ 17, na-eru ebe nke atọ n'azụ Anna-Karin Kammerling na Johanna Sjöberg. Chantal rutekwara na ngwụcha nke 50 m freestyle na-agwụ 7th. Na 4 × 100 m freestyle ọ gwụchara nke anọ na ndị otu.