Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Houben ya kasance zakaran kasa a tseren mita 100. Ya kuma kai wasan kusa da na karshe na tseren mita 200 da kuma wasan kusa da na karshe na tseren mita 4 × 100
a lokacin wasannin Olympics na 1920. Daga baya Houben ya koma bobsleigh, wanda ya yi gasa a wasannin Olympics na 1928-1948 na hunturu, ya zama dan Belgium na farko da ya shiga wasannin Olympics na hunturu da na bazara.