Career
During his active career he measured 1.86 meters in height and 68 kg in weight. He followed this two years later with his Olympic bronze medal. In 1982 he finished ninth in the European Championships, in 1983 he managed tenth in the World Championships, and in 1987 he retired from competitive walking.
After his retirement Wieser studied to become an auto mechanic, and later became a sports instructor at the Volkspolizei-Präsidium in Berlin.
During these years he ran at the club level for South Carolina Dynamo Berlin and trained under Max Weber.
