Denis Myšák (born 30 November 1995) is a Slovak
sprint canoeist
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
. 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
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
.
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.
At the 2013 European Junior and U23 Championships he won a gold medal in K-2 500 metres junior race with
Tibor Linka. Next year, again with Linka, they finished second in the U23 race. 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
Juraj Tarr (born 18 February 1979) is a Slovak flatwater sprint canoeist who competes in two-man (K-2) and four-man (K-4) events. He participated in four Olympics in the K-4 1000 m event and won silver medals in 2008 and 2016, placing fourth in ...
and
Tibor Linka, they won K-4 1000 metres race at the
2015 World Championships. In 2016, the same team won one gold and one silver medal at the
2016 European Championships, showing good form before the main objective of the season, the
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
, where they competed in the
K-4 1000 m category as the reigning World Champions and won the silver medal.
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Other
Denis Myšák is representing the Slovak Republic in the 2021 Mister Globe Pageant on 20 June 2021.
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1995 births
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Slovakia
Slovak male canoeists
Sportspeople from Bojnice
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in canoeing
Olympic silver medalists for Slovakia
Olympic bronze medalists for Slovakia
European Games competitors for Slovakia
Canoeists at the 2023 European Games
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