He has been practicing martial arts (Shotokan Karate) for many years and won several prices at championships.
When fulfilling his obligatory basic military service in Germany, he chose to go to the paratroopers division, seeing it as a chance to learn skydiving.
He loves extreme sports: He has been practicing windsurfing, kitesurfing, scuba diving, spear fishing, snowboarding and skydiving. He participated at the windsurfing world championships and at the Greek national snowboarding championships.
He is born in Germany, but grew up from 4-19 in Greece.