Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Hanisch nwere ogologo ọrụ na-aga nke ọma na mba ụwa na-asọmpi maka East Germany. O nwetara ihe nrite n'asọmpi atọ nke European Athletics Championship, na Helsinki 1971, Rome 1974 na
Prague n'afọ 1978. Ọ bụ naanị n'egwuregwu Olimpik ka ọ pụtara n'egwuregwu Olimpik nke 1980 nke emere na Moscow, Soviet Union; n'ebe ahụ kwa, Hanisch nwere ihe ịga nke ọma, na-emeri ihe nrite ọla nchara na javelin na 86.72 mita. Otú ọ dị, ọlaedo n'ọkwá ndị dị elu na-egbochi Hanisch. Mmeri ya kachasị dị ịrịba ama bụ na 1979 IAAF World Cup na Montreal, Canada, mgbe o wetara ndị otu East German akara zuru oke na 86.48.