 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lauer akanga ari shasha yeGermany mumakwikwi emamita 110 ane mhinganidzo kubva muna 1956 kusvika muna 1960 uye mumakwikwi gumi muna 1956. Mumitambo yeOlympic yezhizha ya1956, akapedza ari wechina mumakwikwi emamita 110 uye wechishanu mumakwikwi gumi. Mumakwikwi eEurope muna 1958, akahwina menduru yegoridhe mumakwikwi emamita 110 ane zvipingamupinyi. Muna 1958 Lauer akamhanyawo rekodhi yake yekutanga yenyika, mu4 × 100 m relay. Akagadza rekodhi yake yechipiri yenyika muna 1959, panguva ino mumutambo wake mukuru wemamita 110 13.2; rekodhi iyi yakamira kusvika muna 1972. Mugore rimwe chetero akaisawo rekodhi yake pachake mumakwikwi gumi uye akaiswa pachinzvimbo chechipiri munyika muchiitiko ichi. Pakupera kwegore iye akanzi Athlete of the Year nemagazini yemitambo Track Field News, yekutanga yekusarudzwa kwegore negore. 