Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Haanappel malitere ịgba ọsọ na 1949 na Houtrust ice skating club na The Hague. Mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na abụọ, ọ gara asọmpi mba ụwa nke mbụ ya,
European Championships na Dortmund, ebe ọ gbara nke iri na anọ. O meriri nke mbụ n'ime asọmpi mba Netherlands anọ ya n'afọ 1955. Ọ gbara nke iri na atọ na 1956 Winter Olympics na Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.