At the 1971 European Indoor Championships he finished fifth in the 800 metres. With the Bulgarian team (Atanas Atanasov, Kyatovski, Dimcho Deribeev, Petar Khikov) he also finished fourth in the 4 x 800 metres relay. He became Bulgarian champion in 1970, 1973 and 1974, and also in the 1500 metres in 1973. He became Bulgarian indoor champion in 1971, 1973 and 1975.