Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Folker mere akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ya na 1999 Summer Universiade na Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ebe o nwetara nrite ọla nchara na 100 m freestyle na 50.77, na-agwụ n'azụ Russia Denis Pimankov na Mauro Gallo nke Italy. Mgbe mba ya bụ Saụt Afrịka kwadoro asọmpi All-Africa Games
na Johannesburg n'afọ ahụ, Folker gbakwunyere ihe nrite abụọ ọzọ na ọrụ ya n'ihu nnukwu ndị na-ege ntị n'ụlọ: ọlaọcha na 50 m freestyle (22.83) na ọla nchara ọzọ na 100 m freestyle (50.61).