When he was young he tried all kinds of sport, but in 1998 he finally found his love: orienteering.

At his first World Orienteering Championships in Switzerland (at the age of 21) he made very good results - 12th on the sprint / 15th on the long distance.

During the World Championships in 2004 he showed the orienteering fans his class in the relay events, coming 5th on the first leg, just seconds after the first teams.

The world started talking about him after his incredible run on the first leg of Tiomila 2005 - it was two seconds from the leading team, and the 3rd place was success for the whole Bulgaria.

[citation needed] He placed 6th in the sprint at the 2009 World Orienteering Championships in Miskolc, and also participated on the Bulgarian relay team (which placed 18th).