Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tohu ia i Belgium i nga whakataetae ao e rua i te waa e whai ake nei: he haurua-mutunga ia i te 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships i te 200 m me te hauwhā-mutunga i roto i nga waahi poto e rua i te 1997 World Championships in Athletics. I riro i a ia tētahi atu mētara koura ā-rohe i te
Huihuinga o te Rōpū Tuatahi o Ūropi. I whakatauhia e Wijmeersch nga rekoata whaiaro i nga tawhiti katoa i taua tau: 6.74 hēkona mo te 60 mita, 10.17 hēkona mo te 100 mita, he rekoata Belgian i roto i te whare 20.66 hēkona mo te 200 mita, 32.52 hēkona mo te 300 mita, me te 47.57 hēkona mo te 400 mita. I te tau 1998 i eke ia ki te 100/200 mita takirua i nga Whakataetae o Belgian, a, i tana haerenga a-ao anake, i eke ia ki te haurua whakamutunga o te 200 mita i te 1998 European Athletics Championships. I noho tonu ia i roto i te rangatira o Belgian i te tau e whai ake nei engari kaore i whai mana i te ao, i whakakorea i te waahanga wera i te IAAF World Indoor Championships me te 1999 World Championships in Athletics.