Born on 6 April 1948 in
Sarajevo,
Bosnia and Herzegovina (
former Yugoslavia) where he attended Primary School, High School and University for Physical Education. In 1973 he married Mirsada Čengić, club teammate and member of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian shooting team. Together they've had two children (Goran and Mirela) and four grandchildren (Denis, Dino, Aron and Liam). He started playing sport at a young age and was a talented footballer and table tennis player. His shooting career started in 1965 when he joined ‘Mico Sokolovic’ Shooting Club in his home town of
Sarajevo. Very next year, he became member of the most successful Yugoslav club 'Mile Vujocic Uco - Sarajevo'. He represented
Yugoslavia as part of the Junior National Team 15 times, his first appearance being in
Bucharest in 1965. During his long and successful shooting career he was a champion of
Yugoslavia 27 times in a range disciplines (19 times as a senior and 8 as a junior National Team member). He won number of medals at various international competitions and Balkans Championships, 4 silver medals at
European Championships and a bronze at the
World Championships in Phoenix Arizona. He represented
Yugoslavia at the
1976 Summer Olympics. In 1969, he was honoured as the Athlete of the Year of
Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was a recipient of various regional and national honours and awards in
ex-Yugoslavia, including the
'Silver Rays' ("Orden Zasluga Za Narod sa Srebrnim Zracima") which is the highest civilian decoration awarded by the late Yugoslav president
Josip Broz Tito. In 1985, after more than 250 appearances for Yugoslav Team in competitions and championships all over the world, he retired from competing and continued his shooting career as a Coach and National Selector. In 1986, Miro led Yugoslav Shooting Team to
World Championships Title (
prone women) in
Suhl, Germany. He worked as a High Performance Manager at the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Institute of Sport. In 1992 he led the first
Bosnian-Herzegovinian National Team from his war torn country to the
1992 Summer Olympics. His career continues in
Australia where he moved with his family in 1995. He worked with the
National Olympic Shooting Team of Australia from 1997 and took the team to the Olympics in
2000 Summer Olympics,
2004 Summer Olympics and
2008 Summer Olympics, as well as the
Commonwealth Games in
Manchester 2002 and
Melbourne 2006. In 2009 he started working with the
Australian Paralympic Shooting Team, whom he has been coaching until his retirement in January 2019. ==Shooting==