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
Nationality	Slovakia
Born	(1995-11-30) 30 November 1995[1] Bojnice, Slovakia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
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 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 Janeiro K-4 1000 m World Championships 2015 Milan K-4 1000 m 2019 Szeged K-4 1000 m European Championships 2016 Moscow K-4 1000 m 2016 Moscow K-4 500 m 2017 Plovdiv K-4 500 m 2017 Plovdiv K-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.

External links

• Denis Myšák at the International Canoe Federation
• Denis Myšák at the International Olympic Committee
• Denis Myšák at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)