He won the annual National Award for Sport "Franjo Bucar" for 2008. year. Philip began gymnastics training at age six, and quite by accident. His coach Mary Vukoja went to schools and asked children to gymnastics. Philip is reported, and there began his gymnastic way. As in his native Medjimurje no rooms for training, practicing in Bratislava, sometimes a piece of 120 days. With 13 years it has begun to train Križimski Igor, who trains today after the Nedelišće built gym, started training in it. The results of his many years of training proved to be the best at the Olympic Games in Beijing.