Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Heinrich Popow ya fara aikinsa na wasanni a 2001 a TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Bayan gayyatar don horo a filin wasa da filin wasa a Bayer, ya shawo kan masu horar da shi ta hanyar kyakkyawan sakamako. A yau yana horarwa a cikin rukunin Karl-Heinz Düe tare da 'yan wasa bakwai kamar' yar wasan Olympics ta Jamus Jennifer Oeser. A Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a Wasannin Wasanni a Lille, 2002, ya lashe lambar tagulla a tsalle mai nisa kuma ya kafa kansa a matsayin babban ɗan wasa. A wasannin Paralympics na farko a Athens 2004 ya lashe lambar tagulla uku a mita 100, mita 200, da tsalle mai nisa. Popow ya sake haɓaka wasan kwaikwayon a wasannin Paralympics a Beijing 2008 kuma ya lashe lambar azurfa ta gudu mita 100 a cikin dakika 12.98. A karshe, Heinrich Popow ya lashe zinare a tseren mita 100 a
Gasar wasannin Paralympics a London a shekarar 2012. Tare da lokaci na 12.40 seconds, ya rinjayi dan Australia Scott Reardon da abokin aikinsa na Jamus Wojtek Czyz a filin wasa na Olympic.