 He also competed at the 1983 World Championships without reaching the final.His personal best jump was 5.65 metres, achieved in July 1983 in Sofia.This ranks him seventh among Bulgarian pole vaulters, behind Spas Bukhalov, Atanas Tarev, Nikolay Nikolov, Stanimir Penchev, Delko Lesov and Ilian Efremov, and joint with Valentin Videv and Galin Nikov.