Od roku 1953 se účastnil východoněmeckých šampionátů. Na velkých mezinárodních závodech startoval poprvé v roce 1956. Tehdy se také zúčastnil Zimních olympijských her (500 m – 34. místo, 5000 m – 9. místo, 10 000 m – 10.
Germany was represented at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy by a United Team of Germany of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany) and, for the first time, also from the German Democratic…
Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic; GDR) and West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany; FRG) competed together as the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.
The International Skating Union has organised the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men since 1893. Unofficial Championships were held in the years 1889–1892. [1 ]