His personal best jump of 8.21 metres ranks him tenth among German long jumpers, behind Lutz Dombrowski, Frank Paschek, Josef Schwarz, Henry Lauterbach, Marco Delonge, Konstantin Krause, Dietmar Haaf, Ron Beer and Uwe Lange, and equal to Nils Winter and Christian Thomas.
He won a bronze medal at the 1991 European Junior Championships, finished fourth at the 1995 World Championships and won a silver medal at the 1995 Summer Universiade with a personal best of 8.21 metres. He represented the sports clubs LG Karlsruhe and television Heppenheim, and became German champion in 1993 and 1995.
Furthermore, he was a member of the German Olympic Team in Atlanta 1996.
