Career
This ranks him second among Romanian triple jumpers, only behind Marian Oprea. He finished fourteenth at the 1980 European Indoor Championships and sixth at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics. After retiring he became a coach.
He was hired as jumping coach for the Saudi Arabian national team, notably training Hussein Taher First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Sabee and Mohamed Salman First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Khuwalidi.