He was starting training judo at age of 11 in hometown Celje.[1] He was trained by famous Slovenian coach Marjan Fabjan but he never reached the highest international level in judo.[2] In late 2005 he switched for sport jujitsu. His native country Slovenia hosted European Championships in 2011 in city Maribor and under supervision of coach Marko Gaber[3] he won his first European title front of home crowd. He is also world champion in sport ju-jitsu from 2016 in Wrocław in discipline Fighting System, category −94 kg.
