He missed the majority of the 2008 season after suffering a thigh injury and his sole highlights of 2009 were a new 60 m best of 6.56 seconds and a seventh-place finish in the relay at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships. He returned to form in 2010, being runner-up to Alexander Kosenkow over 100 m at the 2010 German Athletics Championships. He teamed up with Kosenkow to take third in the relay at the 2010 European Team Championships, then was an individual semi-finalist at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.