 However, with results under 2.20 his heyday was over.At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he entered the qualifying round, and passed 2.00 and 2.05 in his first attempts, but did not pass 2.10, thus not reaching the final round.He placed in joint thirteenth place at the 1977 European Indoor Championships, again with 2.16 metres, and thirteenth also at the 1979 European Indoor Championships, with 2.15 metres.