His personal best in the 3000 metre race is an Israeli record 8:09.0 which he ran in 1980, and his personal best in the 3000 metre steeplechase was an Israeli record 8:35.41, in 1984.[1][5][6]
He competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 25.[1] In the Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase he came in 9th in Heat 3 with a time of 8:42.28.[1] When he competed in the Olympics, he was 5 feet 8 inches (173 cm) tall and weighed 143 pounds (65 kg).[1]
In 1985 and 1986 he attended and ran track for Santa Monica College, coming in second at the 1985 Metropolitan Conference Championships, in Pacific Palisades, with a time of 20:51 in the four-mile cross-country race.[7][8]
