at age forty-four, meyer made his official debut for the 2008 summer olympics in beijing, where he competed in two pistol shooting events, along with his teammate florian schmidt. he scored a total of 577 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by one point ahead of belarus' yury dauhapolau from the final attempt, finishing only in twenty-first place. three days later, meyer placed thirteenth in his second event, 50 m pistol, by two points ahead of u.s. shooter daryl szarenski, with a total score of 557 targets.