[1] In his last appearance in non-senior competition, he won the silver medal at the 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships.

He reached the 800 m semi-finals at the 2006 European Athletics Championships, but was eliminated after he finished in fourth place.

He did not get past the heat stages at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, but managed to reach the semi-finals at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan, but his near-personal best time of 1:45.61 was only enough for fifth.

[1] He had his best performance at senior level at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships, where he reached the final and finished in fifth place.

He failed to match this performance at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, however, as he did not manage to finish his heat.