Born in Rusutjarvi, Finland. Started sailing optimist at the age of 9.Immediately fel in love with sailing. Soon he become to be too big for optimist sailing and moved on to 29er. After for years of 29er sailing he started sailing 49er and soon after he got a phone call from Sinem Kurtbay and took the first plane to Palma Mallorca and start sailing Nacra 17. Currently he is sailing Nacra 17 and enjoying is life.