Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: O ia o le 29th i le umi tuuga i le 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, faʻasoa i le 'au apamemea pine, a o lona sefulu ma le tasi nofoaga maeʻa i le 1995 European Cross Country Championships aumaia Romania le au siliva pine i lena mea na tupu. Na tamoʻe Olteanu i le 1995 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships ae leʻi mafai ona faʻamaeʻaina le tuuga i lena taimi. I le amataga o le 1996, na ia manumalo ai i le Chiba International Cross Country i Iapani. Na ia maua le tulaga sefulu lua i le
1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, fesoasoani ia Romania i le isi 'au apamemea, ma faia lana Olimipeka muamua i luga o le ala i Aukuso. Na ia faia se faamaumauga e sili ona lelei i lana galuega i le 31:26.46 minute, ma na ia maua ai le tulaga valu i le tuuga 10,000 mita a tamaʻitaʻi i le 1996 Atlanta Olimipeka.