Competing mostly in the welterweight or middleweight divisions, he finished sixth at both the 1966 European Wrestling Championships, the 1968 European Wrestling Championships and the 1970 World Wrestling Championships. He competed at the Summer Olympics in 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972. Between 1959 and 1977 he took a total of seventeen Norwegian national titles. He became Nordic champion in 1968 and 1971.