Horst retired with 13 World Cup event wins, with his final win coming on home soil in Thunder Bay, ON.
He consistently ranked among the top three in the world throughout his career, raising the profile of ski jumping in Canada. He was the first, and remains the singular ski jumping athlete inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame.
Horst Bulau was awarded the Order of Sport and inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.