Denis Myšák

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]

Denis Myšák
Myšák at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NationalitySlovakia
Born (1995-11-30) 30 November 1995[1]
Bojnice, Slovakia
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
CountrySlovakia
SportSprint kayak
Event(s)K-4 500 m, K–4 1000 m
ClubSKP Bratislava
KRK Novaky[2]
Coached byPeter Liker[2]
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Slovakia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 1 0 1
European Championships 1 2 1
Total 2 3 2
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroK-4 1000 m
World Championships
2015 MilanK-4 1000 m
2019 SzegedK-4 1000 m
European Championships
2016 MoscowK-4 1000 m
2016 MoscowK-4 500 m
2017 PlovdivK-4 500 m
2017 PlovdivK-4 1000 m

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]

References
  1. "Denis Myšák ICF profile". www.canoeicf.com. International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. 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. 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.
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