Kirill Georgiyevich Denisov (russian: Кири́лл Гео́ргиевич Дени́сов; born 25 January 1988) is a Russian

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Career

He competed at the

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in the -90 kg event and lost in the semifinals to

Asley González Asley González (born 5 September 1989 in Caibarién) is a Cuban judoka. He won the 2013 World Championship in the −90 kg event. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the Men's 90 kg competition. Career At the 200 ...

of Cuba before losing the bronze medal match to

Masashi Nishiyama is a Japanese judoka who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is competing for the Nippon Steel Corporation Judo Club. Biography Nishiyama was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture and graduated from the Kokushikan Universi ...

of Japan. Denisov won a silver medal at the 2009 World Judo Championships, a bronze at the

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and a silver at the 2011 European Judo Championships.2011 European Judo Championships results
from the

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* * * 1988 births Living people European Games bronze medalists for Russia European Games gold medalists for Russia European Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2015 European Games Olympic judoka of Russia People from Tryokhgorny Russian male judoka Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk Oblast 20th-century Russian people 21st-century Russian people {{Russia-judo-bio-stub