Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau mai ia i Drachten, i hiahia tona whanau ki te hakinakina, a ka uru atu ia ki Impala, he karapu a rohe, ka tiimata te mahi me te kaiako a Hans-Jörg Thomaskamp. I whakatauhia e ia he rekoata rangatahi a motu mo te peke teitei i te tau 2010 me te whakataetae i te 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics. Ko ana taitara a-motu tuatahi i whai ake i te tau 2011 me te 2012, i te wa i wini ai ia i nga taitara o roto me waho. I te mea kua eke ia ki te tihi o te whakataetae whakataetae a-motu, i noho tonu ia i roto i nga whakataetae tau o te ao, ka peke i te
2011 European Athletics U23 Championships me te 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships, i toa i te mētara koura i te whakamutunga me te peke pai rawa atu o.