[7] In 2013, he was invited for the first time to join the Italian national Paralympic swimming team and competed for the red, white and green at his first international meet in Berlin.

[8] A few months later, he was invited, together with the paralympic champion Federico Morlacchi, to compete at the XVII Mediterranean Games, in Mersin Turkey, where he won the silver medal in the 100 freestyle with a time of 57 "14.

At that same event, he competed together with non-disabled athletes from the Italian National Swimming Team including, Gregorio Paltrinieri, Fabio Scozzoli, Ilaria Bianchi and Federico Turrini.

[11][12] In August 2014 at the European Paralympic Swimming Championships in Eindhoven, he broke the Italian S10 long course national record with a time of 25"18, while placing fourth in the event.

[18] At the 2019 World Series in Lignano, he was reclassified as an S9, SM9 SB8 swimmer because the tumor located on his right sciatic nerve grew and progressively hampered the functionality of his lower right leg.

[3][19][20][21] In August 2021, he was called to XVI Paralympic Games in Tokyo 2020, winning a silver medal in the 4x100 freestyle relay with the time of 3'.45''.89 that was a new European Record.

[24] Additionally, since 2016 he has been the personal trainer of Noura Mana, who is a member of the Moroccan National Swimming Team and who participated in the Olympic Games of Rio de Janeiro in 2016.