In 2013, Bekrić became the first male track and field athlete from Serbia to win a medal at the IAAF Outdoor World Championships.

Born to a Bosnian Muslim father and a Serb mother, Emir has a sister named Sena.

[3][4] Bekrić won a bronze medal at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships in Ostrava.

[5] At the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen he broke the national record in semifinal for the 400 meter hurdles, breaking 50 seconds and beating Jeshua Anderson who later won the gold medal in the finals.

[7] At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow he won the bronze medal and posted the new national record with a time of 48.05 seconds.