 In his early career he won the balkline European Championship twice, 1983 in 47/2-Balkline and 1984 in 47/1-Balkline.Later he switched to three-cushion where he won the Biathlon (three-cushin and 5-pins) World Championship in 1988 and 1996.He reached the finals of the UMB World Three-cushion Championship in 2001, but was bested by Raymond Ceulemans.