Career
In 1902 they travelled to Alexandria where all three became Italian champions in three different categories. Although they were from Austro Hungary they pursued their careers in Italy. After the First World War Trieste became part of Italy.
He repeated the success on 16 February 1909 at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan, against the French Paul Pons, one of the best wrestlers of all time.
In 1915 during the First World War, he served in the Army and fought on the Italian side at Piave and Isonzo. He spent his retirement living with the 5000 lire per month pension from CONI. He died in Rome, at the age of seventy-six, on 1 November 1957.