In the heats he clocked one minute 0.60 seconds to slice 0.35 seconds from the world mark set by Hungary's Karoly Guttler, also in heats, in the 1993 European Championships in Sheffield, England.

小组赛中，他游出了1分0秒60的成绩，将匈牙利选手卡·特1993年英谢菲尔德举行的欧洲锦标赛上,同样是小组赛中创造的世界纪录减少了0.35秒。