Career
He also obtained a career best result with a single victory for the German squad in the men"s 470 class at the 2012 Kieler Woche Tournament in Kiel. As of September 2014, Follmann is ranked northern 147 in the world for two-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation.
Follmann qualified as a skipper for the German squad in the men"s 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by placing fifteenth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.
Teaming with crew member Ferdinand Gerz in the opening series, the German duo recorded a score of 105 Netto points to establish a thirteenth-place finish in a fleet of twenty-seven boats.