Denis Krivoshlykov


Denis Ivanovich Krivoshlykov is a Russian team handball player and Olympic Champion from 2000 in Sydney. He received a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the Russian national team.

Club career

Krivoshlykov started playing handball at CSKA Moscow. 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. Here he won the 2001 Liga ASOBAL and Copa del Rey and the 2005 EHF Cup Winners' Cup. He left the club after the 2011-12 season.

National team

Krivoshlykov has played more than 150 games for Russia. He won the European Championship in 1996, the World Championship in 1997 and the Olympic gold in 2000.
At the 1999 World Championship and 2000 European Championship he won silver medals, and at the 2004 Olympics he won bronze medals.