Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei waahanga - I te tau 2005, i wikitoria ia i tana taitara tuatoru o te motu mo te peke roa, me te tohu parahi i te peke toru. I te tau 2006, ko tana haerenga tuarua ki te Ipu o Europi (i te Rōpū Tuarua), a he pai tana mahi mo te kapa Norwegian me tetahi tuarua me tetahi tuatoru. I te tau 2007, i whakataetae ia i te European U23 Championships
, i uru ai ia ki te whiringa toa me te peke 6.27 m, engari ka taea e 6.10 anake te mutunga tekau ma tahi.