With the GDR team, he was able to win the bronze medal in the first staging of the newly created team competition at the biathlon world championships in 1989. When, after the reunification, he saw no more employment opportunities in the German team, he switched to the biathlon association of his then French wife Delphyne Burlet . Starting for France, he was able to win two World Cup races , but later failed to qualify for the World Cup team and ended his sporting career in 2000.
German Democratic Republic Germany France
