Earlier in 2014 he was named Athlete of the Year in his native town of Šamorín.

[6] In 2015 he became part of Slovak K-4 team, which had won many medals at the Olympic Games, World and European Championships.

With Erik Vlček, Juraj Tarr and Denis Myšák, they won K-4 1000 metres race at the 2015 World Championships.

[7] In 2016, the same team won one gold [8] and one silver medal [9] at the 2016 European Championships, showing good form before the main objective of the season, the Olympic Games, where they competed in the K-4 1000 m category as the reigning World Champions and managed to win the silver medal.

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