 In 2001 he won two bronzes, one for the winter of pitches and the other for the absolutes of Catania; he also graduates the absolute Italian champion of weightlifting in his category of +105 kg.In 2002 he became the absolute Italian weightlifting champion (+105 kg category), bronze and absolute silver respectively for the winter launches and the Viareggio absolutes.In 2003 he made his debut with the national team of the National seniors in the European Winter Cup of launches held in Italy in Gioia Tauro, the city where he had become the same year, for the first time in his career, Italian absolute runner-up in the winter launches; always at the national championships he reaches sixth in the cast of weight for indoor absolutes and wins the bronze at the Rieti absolutes.