in 1985, his second season with the reading racers, the team won six major trophies. in 1993, he won the world pairs championship with tony rickardsson and reserve henrik gustafsson, and also won the british league riders' championship. his career was cut short when a crash during a league meeting in poland in 1994 left him using a wheelchair for the rest of his life. in recognition of his contribution to the city of toruń, in april 2010 one of the streets was named after him.