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]
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Nationality | Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Bojnice, Slovakia | 30 November 1995||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Sprint kayak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | K-4 500 m, K–4 1000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SKP Bratislava KRK Novaky[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Peter Liker[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
- "Denis Myšák ICF profile". www.canoeicf.com. International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- Denis Mysak. nbcolympics.com
- Denis Mysak Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- "Results K2 500m Men". ecsprint.kayakpl.com. 30 June 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- "Results K2 U23 500m Men" (PDF). mantesenyvelinescanoe2014.spotfokus.pt. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Denis Myšák. |
- Denis Myšák at the International Canoe Federation
- Denis Myšák at the International Olympic Committee
- Denis Myšák at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)