Outside of major competitions, he won gold and silver medal at the 2010 and 2012 European Cup Winter Throwing, respectively.

He achieved a personal best throw of 20.50 m in Novi Sad in June 2011, becoming the first Serbian track and field athlete to achieve the "A" Standard for the 2012 London Olympic Games.

[4] He improved his best to 20.64 m at the 2012 Gugl Indoor Meeting in Germany in February.

[8] His parents, Spaho and Muradija, lived briefly in Skopje where he was born, but then returned to their hometown of Sjenica in southwestern Serbia.

[8] He is currently studying at the University of Sport and Physical Education in Sarajevo.