Born in Sparta,[1] he made his first international appearance at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics.

He set a personal best of 21.49 seconds to reach the final, in which eventually he failed to finish the race.

[2] In 2008 he improved his personal best to 21.20 seconds at Athens Olympic Stadium and later competed at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics where he reached the 200 m semi-finals.

At his first major senior competition, the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, he entered the final and finished in the seventh place.

[4] At the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships he won the gold medal, setting a Greek U-23 Record of 20.56 seconds to beat Britain's James Alaka (The 2011 U23 champion in 100 metres).