On 15 August 1936 he won the silver medal as crew member of the Italian boat (Guglielmo Del Bimbo, Dino Barsotti, Oreste Grossi, Enzo Bartolini, Mario Checcacci, Dante Secchi, Enrico Garzelli; helmsman Cesare Milani) in the eight event. With the same crew he won the gold medal in 1937 at the European championships in Amsterdam, and the bronze medal in Milano the following year.