Born in Castellón de la Plana, he became involved with athletics as a youth and joined a local club, Playas de Castellon. He was the Spanish indoor youth champion in the triple jump in 2008 and went on to make his debut at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics, but was eliminated in the qualifiers of both his speciality and the long jump as well. He also competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival that year, placing seventh in his qualifying group in the long jump.