He was born in Düsseldorf in 1938. At the 1958 European Rowing Championships in Poznań, he won silver in the coxless pair with Horst Effertz. At the 1959 European Rowing Championships in Mâcon, he won gold with the coxed four. In 1960 he was a crew member of the German boat which won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics in the coxed four event. He died on 26 December 2017 in Düsseldorf at the age of 79.
