Denis Ivanovich Krivoshlykov (, born May 10, 1971 in

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) is a Russian

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player and Olympic Champion from

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in Sydney."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008) He received a bronze medal at the

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with the Russian national team."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball"
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Club career

Krivoshlykov started playing handball at

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. Here he won the 1994 and 1995 Russian Championship. In 1999 he was allowed by his coach Vladimir Maksimov to move abroad to further his development and he joined Spanish side

CB Ademar León Abanca Ademar León is a Spanish handball team based in León, Spain. It plays in Liga ASOBAL. History Founded in 1956, Ademar León is the handball team of the city of León. Until 1975 it played in the provincial categories when not existi ...

. Here he won the 2001

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and

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and the 2005

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. He left the club after the 2011-12 season.

National team

Krivoshlykov has played more than 150 games for

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. He won the European Championship in

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, the World Championship in

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and the Olympic gold in

. At the 1999 World Championship and 2000 European Championship he won silver medals, and at the

2004 Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

he won bronze medals.

References

1971 births Living people Russian male handball players Olympic handball players for Russia Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Handball players from Moscow Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Russian expatriate handball players Russian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate handball players in Spain 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-Olympic-medalist-stub