[1] At the 1973 European Indoor Championships he won his third gold medal in a row, this time with 2.20 metres.

With a jump of 2.18 metres he equalled the winning result of Vladimír Malý, however Major lost on countback.

[10] At the 1974 European Indoor Championships he again jumped 2.20 metres, but this time it was only enough for a silver medal behind Soviet's Kęstutis Šapka.

[11] At the 1974 European Championships he took his second fourth place in a row, losing the bronze medal to Vladimír Malý on countback.

[12] At the 1975 European Indoor Championships, Major only managed an eighth place, jumping 2.16 metres.

[1] In 1990 he won a gold medal at the European Veterans Championships, recording 2.07 metres in the +40 years class.