| I bought my first Siberian
Husky in 1984. Soon afterwards came the next two, so called "showdogs".
My first race which I took part in was in 1988 with two dogs. To increase my team I kept dogs from several litters which I breed. In 1990 I participated in my first European Championships for registrated Nordic Breeds and in the 6 dog class was placed ninth. |
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With an added two dogs from Rudi Ropertz to help strengthen my team I won the European Championship 1991 in both sprint and middledistance in the 8 dog class. After the Championship I drove for the fist time to Finland and took part in the Hossa-Marathon-Cup (3 x 25 km Sprint, 2 x 55 km Middledistance and 330 km Longtrail). I followed this race up with a 640 km trail across Lapland from Inaresee to Kilpisjärvi. The same year I bought three dogs from the "Vargteam´s Kennel" from Ole Dag Lovvold in Norway, to which my breeding and Kennel are based from. |
| In 1992 I won the European Championships (sprint) in the unlimited class (open). After taking part in the ESDRA (European Sled Dog Racing Association) World Championships (2nd place for registrated breeds) I was banned in 1993 from participating in all Championship races for registrated breeds. | |
| The Transitalia, a race which covers 14 stages from 25 - 45 km in Italy (5th place) and the ESDRA European Championships, were the highlights of the 1993 racing season. | |
| In 1994 to prepare for the Arctis-North-East Expedition I trained six weeks in Finland. I also took part in the Alpirod, a race which runs over 16 stages and 750 km from France across Switzerland, Austria and Italy. From the beginning of April I took part on an expedition with an Austrian television crew to the island of "Franz Josef Land". |
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Due to the fact that it
is so easy to travel with dogs into Norway and Sweden I moved my training´s
programme in 1995 to Norway to prepare for Pirena
(a race which covers Spain, Andorra and France), a race which I also
won. In the same year I also won the World Championships in Sprint and Middledistance in the (open) unlimited class. In 1997 I was placed second and in 1998 third in Pirena. |
| I spent the most of the 1999 race season in Norway and Sweden. I was also placed second in the World Championships for registrated dogs in the unlimited class. | |
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For the 2000 race season
I had to cancel through injury my plans to participate in the Femundlopet
in Norway. Instead I took part in the Alpentrail, a race over seven
stages with distances covering 40-55 km in Italy and Austria. Even
though my team was trained for middledistance I was placed second
in the European Sprint Championships (open).
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For the 2001 season the Femundlopet was planed. The preparation for that race begun in December in Sweden. In the middle of January, the norwegian middle-distance-championship was chosen for the finalrehearsal (3. place). The Femundlopet went over appr. 293 km. In despite of bringing a young team on the start, I finished on the 6th place. |
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My
objectives for 2002 was a longdistance race in Sweden.
In fact of less snow conditions an optimal preparation was not possible and therefore I made only holidays in Sweden and I dedicated my time to train my dogs. In
2003 I participated again at Pirena. |
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In
summer I bought some new good dogs to be well prepared for the coming
season.
I spend the whole December in Sweden to train on snow. Afterwards I went to Spain to participate once again at Pirena. The 5th place in the overall placing confirmed my decision to change over to Alaskan Huskies. | |
| For 2006 my main target was Pirena. The snow training took place this year in Norway. To test the condition of my team I raced the middle distance race in Haidmühle, which I finished on the first place. At the Pirena I had to cancel the race after the ninth stage on the fourth position in fact of a virus infection by my dogs. After a rest of three weeks I began to train again but I must realize that my dogs are still not fit. This season was finished. | 
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