Unger comes from
Wendlingen am Neckar and studied
sport science at the
University of Tübingen and trained in
Ludwigsburg. His trainer is the
Romanian
Micky Corucle. He was the tenth fastest 200 m runner in 2005, and the second fastest European that year. His personal bests in his two disciplines are 10.14 seconds (100 m) and 20.20 seconds (200 m). Unger represented Germany at the
2008 Summer Olympics. In
Beijing he competed in the 100 metres sprint and placed 4th in his heat behind
Churandy Martina,
Naoki Tsukahara and
Simeon Williamson, normally causing elimination. However his time of 10.46 was the 10th fastest losing time, giving him a spot in the second round. There he improved his time to 10.36 seconds, but he was unable to qualify for the semifinals as he finished 7th place in his heat. Together with
Till Helmke,
Alexander Kosenkow and
Martin Keller he also competed at the
4 × 100 metres relay. In their qualification heat they placed third behind
Jamaica and
Canada, but in front of
China. Their time of 38.93 was the sixth-fastest out of sixteen participating nations in the first round, and they qualified for the final. There they sprinted to a time of 38.58 seconds, which was the fifth-best time. == Honours ==