 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Birlenbach akapedza wechishanu pa 1966 European Championships, wechisere pamitambo yeOlympic yezhizha ya1968 uye wechinomwe pamitambo yeOlympic yezhizha ya1972, yekupedzisira mune basa rakanakisa rekukanda kwemamita 20.37. Ikoku kunomuisa pachinzvimbo chechi 26 pandandanda yenguva dzose yeGermany. Akakundawo 1968 na1969 European Indoor Games, yekupedzisira mune rekodhi nyowani yemakwikwi emamita 19.51. Akava shasha yeGermany kashanu akatevedzana, kubva muna 1966 kusvika muna 1971. Akakwikwidza kukirabhu yemitambo Sportfreunde Siegen panguva yebasa rake rinoshanda. 