Krzysztof Lijewski (born 7 July 1983) is a Polish former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player. He received a silver medal with the Polish team at the

2007 World Men's Handball Championship The 2007 World Men's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the tournament that took place from 19 January to 4 February 2007 in Germany. 24 national teams played in 12 German cities. It was the 20th edition of the World Championship in t ...

and a bronze medal at the

2009 World Men's Handball Championship The 2009 World Men's Handball Championship was the 21st edition of the tournament that took place in Croatia from 16 January to 1 February, in the cities of Split, Zadar, Osijek, Varaždin, Poreč, Zagreb and Pula. Croatia was selected from a gr ...

in Croatia and at the

2015 World Men's Handball Championship The 2015 World Men's Handball Championship was the 24th staging of the IHF World Men's Handball Championship, World Men's Handball Championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF). The final tournament was held for the first ...

in Qatar. He participated at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

, where Poland finished 5th and at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, where Poland finished 4th. His brother is Marcin Lijewski.

Sporting achievements

State awards

* 2007 Gold Cross of Merit * 2015 POL Polonia Restituta Kawalerski BAR

Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta

References

External links

* 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Ostrów Wielkopolski Handball players from Greater Poland Voivodeship Polish male handball players Olympic handball players for Poland Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Polish expatriate handball players in Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen players Handball-Bundesliga players Vive Kielce players 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-handball-bio-stub