Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - N'afọ na-eso ya, ọ pụtara na nke mbụ ya na Olympics mgbe ọ gbara ọsọ na marathon na 1988 Summer Olympics nke e mere na Seoul, South Korea, ọ gwụchara na 56th n'ime 69 na-amalite na oge nke 2 awa 53 nkeji. N'afọ 1989 ọ gara Stavanger, Norway, ịgba ọsọ n'ọsọ ụmụ nwanyị na 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, ọ gbara onye nke 117 n'asọmpi ahụ. Afọ abụọ ka e mesịrị, Melis so na asọmpi 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships na agbụrụ ụmụ nwanyị ma oge a ọ gwụrụ 122nd, mgbe e mesịrị n'afọ ahụ, ọ laghachiri na-agba ọsọ marathon ụmụ nwanyị na 1991 World Championships na Athletics na Tokyo, Japan, na mgbe awa 2 na nkeji 58 gasịrị, ọ bịara na 21 nke 39 na-amalite.