 Complete the following phrase:  He took up the sport at age eight. Because of his successes in junior category, he was named Slovak Junior Kayaker of the Year in 2012 and 2013. At the 2013 European Junior and U23 Championships he won a gold medal in K-2 500 metres junior race with Tibor Linka. Next year, again with Linka, they finished second in the U23 race. In 2015 he became part of Slovak K-4 team, which had won many medals at the Olympic Games, World and European Championships. With Erik Vlček, Juraj Tarr and Tibor Linka, they won K-4 1000 metres race at the 2015 World Championships. In 2016, the same team won one gold and one silver medal at the 2016 European Championships, showing good form before the main objective of the season, the Olympic Games, where they competed in the 