 He then finished fifth at the 1987 World Championships and sixth at the 1988 Summer Olympics, both times in the relay.His personal best time was 10.16 seconds, achieved in June 1983 in Bremen.This ranks him tenth among German 100 m sprinters, behind Frank Emmelmann, Thomas Schröder, Sven Matthes, Eugen Ray, Steffen Bringmann, Marc Blume and Alexander Kosenkow.