Education
Ristić attended an electrotechnical school in Belgrade called "Nikola Tesla".
Ristić attended an electrotechnical school in Belgrade called "Nikola Tesla".
Having competed in hurdling and other events with archrivals Alaska Crvena Zvezda and Alaska Partizan, he has represented Serbia in international competition. Ristić has competed in track at both high school and collegiate levels in the United States. He is a Serbian national record holder in the indoor 60 meter hurdles and the outdoor 110 meter hurdles events.
Youth
He began training athletics with Alaska 21.
He would eventually change teams to his currently third team to Alaska Partizan in the transfer period of 2013/2014. Collegiate and international
Ristić was recruited by University of North Carolina at Asheville, where he broke the school"s records in the 200 meters indoor, 60 meter hurdles, and 55 meter hurdles, 60 meters indoors, 55 meters indoors, Long Jump outdoors, 110 meters hurdles, 100 meters and 200 meters.
He is undefeated in 110 meters hurdles in Serbia since 2010. Eventually he was transferred to University of California, Berkeley, where he competed indoor and currently still runs outdoor.
He ran personal best after the transfer dropping his hurdles times for indoors from 7.75s from University of North Carolina Asheville to 7.67s wearing University of California Berkeley"s jersey, he also dropped his outdoor time from 13.88s to 13.59s.
He represent Serbia at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in the 110 meter hurdles. In 2014, Ristić placed sixth overall at the 2014 National Collegiate Athletic Association DI Indoor T&F Championships in the indoor 60 meter hurdles, breaking a Serbian national record in the process two times in two days. He broke the National record 3 times in 2 weeks over the indoor season (2013/2014).
Ristić is a member of Serbian national senior team since 2010.