He returned at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Maebashi, but again failed to reach the podium with another fourth place finish, this time losing out to Falk Balzer.
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This ranks him ninth among German 110 m hurdlers, behind Florian Schwarthoff, Mike Fenner, Eric Kaiser, Falk Balzer, Thomas Blaschek, Sven Göhler, Thomas Munkelt and Holger Pohland.