 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - O ni ami ẹyẹ ẹni-kọọkan akọkọ rẹ ni 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics, nibi ti o ti bori ara ilu Vladimir Kanaykin lati gba akọle 10,000 m track walk. O gba ami ẹyẹ goolu lẹẹmeji ni ọdun to tẹle e: o jẹ olori agbalagba ni ijinna 10 km ni ọna opopona ni 2005 European Race Walking Cup ṣaaju ki o to bori ni 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships : ní àkókò tí ó jẹ àkọsílẹ nínú ìdíje náà ní ìṣẹjú 39:28.45. 