 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: A bi ni Freital, Bezirk Dresden, o darapọ mọ Dresdner SC o si bẹrẹ ṣiṣẹ pẹlu olukọni ere idaraya ti ẹgbẹ naa Klaus Müller. O gba ami ẹyẹ akọkọ rẹ fun East Germany ni ile rẹ ni Cottbus, nibi ti o ti gba ami ẹyẹ idẹ ni mita 800 ni : 1985 European Athletics Junior Championships. Àwọn ojúewé wọnyí jápọ mọ: 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics tẹle ati ni ipade yẹn o jẹ kẹfa ni 800 m, ṣugbọn o ṣe iranlọwọ fun ẹgbẹ East German 4 × 400 mita relay si ami idẹ kan nipa ṣiṣe ni ipele ooru. Ó bẹrẹ sí sáré jìnnà sí i, ó sì gba ife ẹyẹ Willi Sänger Memorial 5K run ní 1988. 