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Denis Railevich Sharipov (b. September 2, 1998 , Kazan , Russia ) is a professional Russian cybersportsman, also known as " electronic ". One of the best players in the world in the discipline of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive . Champion of ESL One: Cologne 2018 and IEM Katowice 2020 , silver medalist of FACEIT Major: London 2018 as part of the Natus Vincere team ESL tournament (includingIntel Extreme Masters ) or DreamHack (Na'Vi won Regional Qualifiers for PGL Major 2021 , IEM Cologne , DreamHack Masters Spring and ESL Pro League Season XIVI ). November 7, 2021 Denis won the most prestigious tournament PGL Major Stockholm 2021 . On December 19, 2021, Denis won the Blast Premier World Final .
From 2018 to 2021, four times in a row he was in the TOP-20 of the best players in the world according to the HLTV.org portal
Career
Denis' career began in mid-2015, he started playing in the ACES team along with Dmitry "hooch" Bogdanov. Later he participated in such bands as Rebels, Team Empire , NokSuKao. Sharipov often changed teams until the organization Flipsid3 Tactics took the player on probation. In the new team, Denis continued to demonstrate a high individual level of play, thanks to which he attracted the attention of Natus Vincere . As part of the Born to Win, electronic replaced Denis "seized" Kostin and showed himself from the first tournaments.
On the Flipsid3 Tactics team
As part of Flipsid3 Tactics , Denis reveals his potential and becomes the champion of DreamHack Leipzig 2017 , most likely, it was after this tournament that the Natus Vincere team noticed him and added to their roster.
With Natus Vincere
In the fall of 2017, there were serious problems in the Natus Vincere team , as Denis "seized" Kostin noted: "We could not develop because of the atmosphere that was in the team." After that, the team begins to change. On November 6, 2017, the organization buys electronic from the Flipsid3 Tactics team in exchange for the lease of “seized” Denis Kostin . In the new line-up, Denis showed himself from the best side right away. Natus Vincere won DreamHack Winter 2017, while Sharipov finished his first tournament with the new team with a S/S of 1.12 [10] . Then followed the major - ELEAGUE Major 2018 , in which Denis reached the semi-finals. We can say with confidence that in the Natus Vincere teamDenis's potential was revealed , because then he took 2nd place at FACEIT Major: London 2018 and became the champion of BLAST Pro Series — Copenhagen 2018 and ESL One: Cologne 2018 .
Denis "electronic" Sharipov ranked 4th out of 20 in the 2018 World Players Ranking according to the HLTV.org portal . In 2019 - the sixth and in 2020 - the fifth
On February 6, 2020, electronic as part of the Natus Vincere team lost in the final of the ICE Challenge 2020 tournament against mousesports with a score of 3-1 in favor of the latter . But despite the defeat of Denis's team, he was named the best player of the tournament and receives his first MVP medal in his career according to the portal HLTV.org
On March 1, 2020, Denis Sharipov as part of the Natus Vincere team won the IEM Katowice 2020 tournament, defeating the G2 team with a score of 3-0 in the final .
On January 24, 2021, electronic wins with his team in the grand final of the BLAST Premier 2020 tournament against Astralis with a score of 2-0, and takes the tournament cup and 600 thousand dollars with his team.