Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akazvarwa muHalen, akatanga kudzidziswa neR.F.C. de Liège inomhanya kirabhu uye akaita kuoneka kwake kwekutanga paInternational Cross Country Championships muna 1971, achiuya wechi32 muchikamu chejunior. Akadzoka gore rakatevera ndokuiswa pachinzvimbo chegumi nenhanhatu. Pa1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
(kutanga kwechiitiko cheIAAF) akahwina menduru yake yekutanga yepasi rose muchimiro chemenduru yebronze yevechidiki.