Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko tana putanga tuatoru i runga i te atamira o te ao i te 1992 Summer Olympics a ka neke atu ia i te ara, ka eke ki te tawhiti marathon. I mutu ia i te waahi 43, ahakoa koinei te tuarua o nga mahi pai a Amerika ki te Tonga i muri o Osmiro Silva o Brazil. I wikitoria hoki ia i te parahi neke atu i te 10,000 m i te 1992 Ibero-American Championships, me te whakahou i tana mahinga e wha tau ki muri. I te tau e whai ake nei ka mau tonu a Vera i tana taitara 10,000 mita i nga Taakaro Bolivarian 1993. I te tau 1994, i wikitoria ia i te whakataetae Parelloop 10 km i te Netherlands, ā, ka mutu ko ia te tekau i te whakataetae Parelloop 10 km.
1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships i Oslo i muri mai i taua tau <unk> te whakatakoto i tetahi rekoata a motu mo te tawhiti hawhe marathon o 1: 01:36. I runga i te ara i taua tau ano i wikitoria ia i Marvejols-Mende i Parani.