Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Graudyn akawana kubudirira kwake kukuru pamitambo yenyika yose mumwaka wa1987. Pa 1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships
akatora menduru yesirivha mumakwikwi emamita mazana masere achitevera Rob Druppers wokuNetherlands munhangemutange yokurwisa. Mwedzi wakatevera iye akakwikwidza pa 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships uye akadzokorora kuguma ikoko, achiuya wechipiri asi nguva ino kuBrazil José Luiz Barbosa. Akanga ari mukundi bedzi wendarira weSoviet Union mumutambo wavarume pamakwikwi iwayo. Akanga ari mutambi akanakisisa weSoviet Union mumakwikwi emamita 800 pa 1987 World Championships muAthletics, achirasikirwa nekodzero yekupedzisira nemuganhu wezana mazana matatu uye achiita zvakanaka Andrey Sudnik.