 Although he won bronze medals at the 1998 and 2006 Commonwealth Games, he has had considerably less success on the world stage – despite four appearances at the World Championships in Athletics in his career, he has never qualified for the final of the event.Furthermore, he has never represented South Africa at the Olympics as he does not compete on Sundays, due to his religious views.Harmse is only the second Olympian to withdraw from the games for religious reasons.