Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: De Reuck malitere ịsọ mpi maka South Africa ma mee ihe ngosi Olympic mbụ ya n'Egwuregwu Barcelona nke 1992, bụ́ ebe ọ nọ n'ọnọdụ nke itoolu n'ọsọ marathon. Ọ gbalịrị aka ya na ọkara marathon, na-ebute mmeri na City-Pier-City Loop na 1993 na ebe nke anọ na
1995 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. O merikwara na Honolulu Marathon n'afọ ahụ na oge nke 2:37:29. N'afọ 1996, o meriri n'ọsọ Lilac Bloomsday Run, na Berlin Marathon, na Eurocross cross country na Luxembourg. O mere egwuregwu Olympic nke abụọ ya na 10,000 m, na-ewere ọnọdụ nke iri na atọ na 1996 Atlanta Olympics.