Together with Anton Marchl he was one of the Austrian wrestlers, who qualified last for the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona 1992. His greatest successes were a gold medal at the Junior World Championship in Colorado Springs and a bronze medal at the Wrestling World Championships 1981 in Oslo. In 2002 he was honored as one of the most successful Austrian wrestlers by the city of Innsbruck.
He is still a member of Air Corps Hötting sporting club