He was born in Schramberg. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1978 European Championships together with Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Bernd Herrmann und Harald Schmid. He won a silver medal in 400 metres behind Andreas Knebel at the 1981 European Indoor Championships. At the 1983 World Championships he entered the 400 m competition without reaching the final and ran in the opening round of the relay race. The same thing happened at the 1984 Summer Olympics.