Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Haanappel akatanga skating muna 1949 paHoutrust ice skating club muThe Hague. Pazera remakore gumi nemaviri, akakwikwidza pamakwikwi ake okutanga makuru enyika dzakawanda, European Championships
muDortmund, kwaakapedza ari wechi14. Iye akakunda wokutanga wake mana Dutch National okuremekedza muna 1955. Akapedza ari wechi13 pa1956 Winter Olympics muCortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.