sentences:  He repeated this in 1973, running in 45.60 seconds and finishing in front of Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske and Köhler.In 1974 he placed second behind Herrmann, and in 1975 in third place behind Schlöske and Köhler.In the years 1973 and 1974 he won the German championship in the 4 × 400 m relay with the German team VfB Stuttgart.