Denis Dmitriev

Denis Sergeevich Dmitriev (Russian Денис Сергеевич Дмитриев; born March 23, 1986 in Tyrnowo, Ryazan Oblast ) is a Russian racing cyclist.

2003 Denis Dmitriev was second in both the train - European Championships as well as at the Track World Junior Championships runner-up in the team sprint. The following year, he won at the Junior European Championships in Valencia the title in the Team Sprint, together with Mikhail 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 competed at the Beijing Olympics in the sprint and the team sprint.

In 2010, Denis Dmitriev European champion in the elite Sprint; in the final he beat surprisingly the Frenchman Kévin Sireau, world champion in the team sprint in 2008 and several runners-up. At the Olympic Games in London in 2012, he finished seventh in the team sprint, together with Sergei Kucherov and Sergei Borisov, and in the sprint fifth place. At the Track Cycling World Cup 2012/2013, he won the overall title in the sprint.

In the UCI Track World Championships 2013 in Minsk was Dmitriev vice-champion in the sprint.

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