As a second year B-junior in 2001 he won his first medals at the national championships: silver at the 60m indoor and bronze at the 100m outdoor.

Nonetheless he was unable to achieve the limit for the World Junior Championships in Jamaica that was set at 10.74 seconds.

He missed out on qualification for the under-23 European Championships and decided to run some international races in Helsinki and Stockholm.

In 2006 he won the bronze medal during the 60 metres at the Dutch Indoor Championships in Ghent, but apart from that no notable results were achieved.

[2] In their qualification heat Heisen, Hoogmoed, Van Luijk and Douglas placed third in behind Trinidad and Tobago and Japan, but in front of Brazil.

In the final, the second baton change between Hoogmoed and Van Luijk failed, resulting in a slow time.