Peter was 18 when he was first diagnosed with glomerulonephritis. Then, at 35, he had his first dialysis, which he did at home after six months.
After eight and a half years, he received a kidney in June 2003, which functioned perfectly until 2009. For the next 12 years, he also performed hemodialysis at home again, and in fact, he received another gift of life in December 2021.
Due to his own concern and especially in view of the low organ donations in Germany in comparison to the rest of Europe, he became involved in various projects at an early stage. Since 2005 he has been on the board of Transdia Sport Deutschland e.V., in 2008 he was co-organizer of the ETDSC 2008 in Würzburg, from 2009-2013 he was a councillor in the WTGF and for many years he is on the organizing team of the „Bike-Tour for Organ Donation“.
Not least due to his own experiences, he is fully convinced that exercise is one of the best medications for dialysis patients as well as for transplanted people (If exercise were a pill it would be one of the most widely prescribed and cost-effective drugs ever invented).
Peter is the father of three adult sons and lives near Munich.