Biography
Ferner missed the 1980 Moscow Olympics because West Germany participated in the United States-led boycott. Ferner's surprising European Championship at 800 metres in 1982 was his only major international victory, because he finished seventh in the 800 m final at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he was eliminated in the 800-metre semifinals. After ending his competitive running career, Ferner has worked as a businessman - he was an engineering student while running 800 metres (a Finnish sports journalist's television commentary in the late 1980s or 1990s).
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