Dainis Krištopāns (born 27 September 1990) is a Latvian professional

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 for

MT Melsungen MT Melsungen is a German handball team from Melsungen, Germany, that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga. History From 1992 to 2005, the team played in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga and finished third twice (in 1997/98 and 2003/2004). In the 20 ...

and the Latvian national team. He is one of the tallest handball players in the world with 215 cm. His weight is 135 kg. He represented Latvia at the

2020 European Men's Handball Championship The 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament and the first to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted for the first time in three countries – Austria, Norway and Sweden – from 9 to 26 January ...

. This was Latvias first ever appearance at a major international tournament. They finished 24th out of 24 teams.

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Dajnis Kristopans profileProfile at ehfcl.com
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