I te tau 1953-54, i whakawhiwhia a Dijkstra ki tana mētara tuatahi a-motu, he parahi i muri i a Nellie Maas me Joan Haanappel, a i whakawhiwhia ki tana toa ISU tuatahi, nga Pakeha 1954
I Bolzano, i noho ai ia ki te 19th. I mutu ia i te tekau ma rua i te 1956 Winter Olympics i Cortina d'Ampezzo, Itari.