Denis Myšák
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Myšák at the 2016 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
30 November 1995 [1] Bojnice, Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SKP Bratislava KRK Novaky[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Peter Liker[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Denis Myšák (born 30 November 1995) is a Slovak sprint canoer. 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 .
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 managed to win the silver medal.
References
- 1 2 "Denis Myšák ICF profile". www.canoeicf.com. International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- 1 2 Denis Mysak. rio2016.com
- 1 2 Denis Mysak. nbcolympics.com
- ↑ "Results K2 500m Men". ecsprint.kayakpl.com. 30 June 2013. 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. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ↑ "Results K4 Men 1000m" (PDF). europecanoeevents.com. European Canoe Association. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ↑ "Results K4 Men 500m" (PDF). europecanoeevents.com. European Canoe Association. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
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