He is an Olympic bronze medallist and two-time European Champion, competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.

[3] In 2021, he represented Bulgaria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

[4] In 2024, he represented Bulgaria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

In 2018, the IWF restructured the weight classes and he competed in the newly created 73 kg division at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships[5][6] finishing in ninth place in the total.

[8] He won the 69 kg class at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.