Denis Myšák

Denis Myšák
Myšák at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NationalitySlovak
Born (1995-11-30) 30 November 1995 (age 28)[1]
Bojnice, Slovakia
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Sport
CountrySlovakia
SportSprint kayak
ClubSKP Bratislava
KRK Novaky[2]
Coached byAndrej Wiebauer[2]
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Championships 1 1 2
European Championships 1 4 1
Total 2 6 4
Men's sprint kayak
Representing  Slovakia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo K-4 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Milan K-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2021 Copenhagen K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Szeged K-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Copenhagen K-2 500 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Moscow K-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2016 Moscow K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Plovdiv K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2021 Poznań K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Plovdiv K-4 1000 m

Denis Myšák (born 30 November 1995) is a Slovak sprint canoeist. He competes in K-4 events and won a gold medal at the 2015 World Championships and a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

Career

He took up the sport at age eight. Because of his successes in junior category, he was named Slovak Junior Kayaker of the Year in 2012 and 2013.[1] At the 2013 European Junior and U23 Championships he won a gold medal in K-2 500 metres junior race with Tibor Linka.[4] Next year, again with Linka, they finished second in the U23 race.[5] In 2015 he became part of Slovak K-4 team, which had won many medals at the Olympic Games, World and European Championships. With Erik Vlček, Juraj Tarr and Tibor Linka, they won K-4 1000 metres race at the 2015 World Championships.[6] In 2016, the same team won one gold[7] and one silver medal[8] at the 2016 European Championships, showing good form before the main objective of the season, the Olympic Games, where they competed in the K-4 1000 m category as the reigning World Champions and won the silver medal.[2]

Other

Denis Myšák is representing the Slovak Republic in the 2021 Mister Globe Pageant on 20 June 2021.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Denis Myšák ICF profile". canoeicf.com. International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Denis Mysak. nbcolympics.com
  3. ^ Denis Mysak Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  4. ^ "Results K2 500m Men". ecsprint.kayakpl.com. 30 June 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Results K2 U23 500m Men" (PDF). mantesenyvelinescanoe2014.spotfokus.pt. 29 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Results Race 266 – K4 1000m" (PDF). canoe2015.microplustiming.com. 23 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Results K4 Men 1000m" (PDF). europecanoeevents.com. European Canoe Association. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Results K4 Men 500m" (PDF). europecanoeevents.com. European Canoe Association. 25 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Slovak Republic – Mister Globe". Retrieved 6 June 2021.

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