Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Amụrụ na Königstein im Taunus, ọ mere ihe ngosi mbụ ya maka West Germany na 1977 European Athletics Junior Championships, ebe ọ kwụsịrị nke asaa na 1500 m. N'afọ na-eso ya, ọ meriri aha mba na 3000 m na West German Athletics Championship ma bụrụkwa onye na-agba ọsọ na Brigitte Kraus na 1500 m. A họpụtara ya ka ọ gbaa ọsọ ogologo oge na asọmpi egwuregwu European Athletics nke afọ 1978, mana o mezughị ọsọ ahụ. Ọ nọchitere anya obodo ya na
1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships wee bụrụ onye nke iri asaa na otu ebe ụmụ nwanyị West German nọ na nke anọ n'ozuzu.