 Representing the sports team TV Wattenscheid, he became West German champion six years in a row in the years 1975 to 1980.His personal best throw was 94.22 metres (with the old javelin type), achieved on August 3, 1978 in Oslo.It was the best throw in the world that year, and at the time second overall only to Miklós Németh's 1976 world record of 94.58.