He won gold medals at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships.

[3] Durst has a loss of the sense of balance after a traumatic brain injury,[1] caused by a car accident in 1994.

[6] Durst's tricycle at the Games cost €18,000, and weighed 11.8 kilograms (26 lb), which was just above the competition's minimum weight limit.

[10] He did not compete at the Para-Cycling World Cup in 2018, and missed much of the 2019 season as well for health reasons.

At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, he won the time trial event.