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 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Slovak
Born	(1995-11-30) 30 November 1995 (age 29)[1] Bojnice, Slovakia
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Sport
Country	Slovakia
Sport	Sprint kayak
Club	SKP Bratislava KRK Novaky[2]
Coached by	Andrej Wiebauer[2]
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 1 World Championships 1 1 2 European Championships 1 4 1 Total 2 6 4 Men's sprint kayak Representing  Slovakia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-4 1000 m 2020 Tokyo K-4 500 m World Championships 2015 Milan K-4 1000 m 2021 Copenhagen K-4 500 m 2019 Szeged K-4 1000 m 2021 Copenhagen K-2 500 m European Championships 2016 Moscow K-4 1000 m 2016 Moscow K-4 500 m 2017 Plovdiv K-4 500 m 2021 Poznań K-4 500 m 2022 Munich 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]

Other activities

Denis Myšák is representing the Slovak Republic in the 2021 Mister Globe Pageant on 20 June 2021.^[9]