Denis Sergeyevich Dmitriev

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Denis Dmitriev Road cycling
Denis Dmitrijew (2017) - bronze medal in the sprint at the European Railways
Denis Dmitrijew (2017) - bronze medal
in the sprint at the European Railways
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Full name Denis Sergeyevich Dmitriev
Date of birth March 23, 1986
nation RussiaRussia Russia
discipline Track cycling (short term)
Most important successes
Olympic games
2016  : bronze- Sprint
UCI track world championships
2017 World Champion - Sprint
Last updated: March 29, 2020
Dmitrijew (r.) At the UEC European Rail Championships 2015 : Third in the Keirin behind Pavel Kelemen (center) and François Pervis
Dmitriev at the 2016 Olympics

Denis Sergejewitsch Dmitrijew ( Russian Денис Сергеевич Дмитриев ; born March 23, 1986 in Tyrnowo , Ryazan Oblast , Russian SFSR , USSR ) is a Russian track cyclist .

Athletic career

In 2003 Denis Dmitrijew was runner-up both at the European Track Championships as well as at the Junior World Track Championships in team sprints . The following year he won the team sprint title at the Junior European Championships in Valencia , together with Michail Schichaljow and Stojan Wassew. In 2008 he was again European champion in the team sprint (U23), together with Wasew and Pawel Jakuschewski . In 2008 he started at the Olympic Games in Beijing in the sprint and team sprint.

In 2010, Denis Dmitrijew was European champion of the elite in the sprint; in the final he surprisingly beat the Frenchman Kévin Sireau , world champion in the team sprint of 2008 and multiple runner-up world champion. He was able to repeat this success in 2012 and 2013 . At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , he finished seventh in the team sprint, together with Sergei Kutscherow and Sergei Borissow , and fifth in the sprint. At the 2012/13 Track Cycling World Cup , he won the overall sprint ranking.

At the UCI Track World Championships in 2013 in Minsk , Dmitryev was runner-up in the sprint world championship, in 2014 he won bronze and in 2015 he was runner-up again. At the European Championships in the same year he was third in the keirin. In 2016, Denis Dmitrijew was nominated to take part in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he won the bronze medal in the sprint and took 13th place in the Keirin.

In April 2017, Denis Dmitriev won the sprint world champion title . This makes him the first male driver from Russia to win a gold World Championship medal in an individual track discipline. In the same year he won three runs in world cups.

In 2019 Dmitrijew won bronze at the 2019 World Championships, with Alexander Sharapov and Jakuschewski bronze in the team sprint and at the European Games in keirin and sprint, and he became vice European champion in keirin.

successes

2003
2004
2006
2008
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019

Web links

Commons : Denis Dmitrijew  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dmitriev among 3 Russian medalists in world championships. In: dailymail.co.uk. April 15, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Dmitrijew, Denis Sergejewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Дмитриев, Денис Сергеевич (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Tyrnovo , Ryazan Oblast , Russian SFSR , USSR