[4] He made a name for himself in 2005 at 19 years of age when he jumped 7.94 meters, just 1 cm short of the Swedish junior record.

He began 2013 in fine form breaking the Swedish indoor long jump record.

He competed at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships on home soil in Gothenburg, jumping a new national record of 8.27 metres in the first round, before jumping 8.29 metres in the final round, only two centimetres behind winner Aleksandr Menkov.

[6] At the 2017 World Championships in Athletics held in London, he obtained the 8th place in the men's long jump event, clearing 8.18 metres.

[8] His father was born in Democratic Republic of Congo and his mother is from the Finnish (Meänkieli) speaking region of Torne Valley in Sweden.