Bulau is a 4-time Olympian, as he participated in the 1980 (Lake Placid, USA), 1984 (Sarajevo, Yugoslavia), 1988 (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) and 1992 (Albertville, France) Winter Olympics.

At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, he placed seventh in the individual large hill event, the best ever performance for a Canadian ski jumper.

[2] On October 22, 2014, Horst Bulau was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame,[3] witnessed by his wife, Kerry, and three children, Kiefer, Zofia and Rainer.

He was raised in Blossom Park in suburban south Ottawa, where his father, Otto (1926-2005), arrived in Canada as a refugee from East Prussia, and settled with his wife Helene (1928-1995) after the war.

Horst continues to be involved with amateur sport as Special Advisor to Jozo Weider Alpine Race Team, Blue Mountain.