Denis Myšák

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Denis Myšák

| image = Denis Myšák Rio2016.jpg

| imagesize = 245px

| caption = Myšák at the 2016 Olympics

| nationality = Slovak

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|11|30}}{{Cite web|url = http://www.canoeicf.com/athlete/denis-mysak|title = Denis Myšák ICF profile|access-date = 19 August 2016|website = canoeicf.com|publisher = International Canoe Federation}}

| birth_place = Bojnice, Slovakia

| height = 1.89 m

| weight = 92 kg

| sport = Sprint kayak

| club = SKP Bratislava
KRK Novaky

| country = Slovakia

| coach = Andrej Wiebauer

| show-medals = no

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|World Championships|1|1|2

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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.[https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/denis-mysak Denis Mysak] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826115713/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/denis-mysak |date=26 August 2016}}. rio2016.com

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.{{Cite web|url = http://ecsprint.kayakpl.com/results/184.HTM|title = Results K2 500m Men|date = 30 June 2013|access-date = 19 August 2016|website = ecsprint.kayakpl.com|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160822135109/http://ecsprint.kayakpl.com/results/184.HTM|archive-date = 22 August 2016|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}} Next year, again with Linka, they finished second in the U23 race.{{Cite web|url = http://mantesenyvelinescanoe2014.spotfokus.pt/uploads/03/pdf/187.pdf|title = Results K2 U23 500m Men|date = 29 June 2014|access-date = 19 August 2016|website = mantesenyvelinescanoe2014.spotfokus.pt|archive-date = 17 October 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161017170703/http://mantesenyvelinescanoe2014.spotfokus.pt/uploads/03/pdf/187.pdf|url-status = dead}} 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.{{Cite web|url = http://canoe2015.microplustiming.com/pdf/CLS-ASM-K4m1000-FINALE-01.pdf|title = Results Race 266 – K4 1000m|date = 23 August 2015|access-date = 19 August 2016|website = canoe2015.microplustiming.com|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160616034220/http://canoe2015.microplustiming.com/pdf/CLS-ASM-K4m1000-FINALE-01.pdf|archive-date = 16 June 2016}} In 2016, the same team won one gold{{Cite web|url = http://europecanoeevents.com/uploads/XML_Provas/18/pdf/90.pdf|title = Results K4 Men 1000m|date = 26 June 2016|access-date = 19 August 2016|website = europecanoeevents.com|publisher = European Canoe Association|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160820105201/http://europecanoeevents.com/uploads/XML_Provas/18/pdf/90.pdf|archive-date = 20 August 2016}} and one silver medal{{Cite web|url = http://europecanoeevents.com/uploads/XML_Provas/18/pdf/56.pdf|title = Results K4 Men 500m|date = 25 June 2016|access-date = 19 August 2016|website = europecanoeevents.com|publisher = European Canoe Association|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160820113625/http://europecanoeevents.com/uploads/XML_Provas/18/pdf/56.pdf|archive-date = 20 August 2016}} 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.[http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=mysak-denis-1162732/index.html Denis Mysak]. nbcolympics.com

Other

Denis Myšák is representing the Slovak Republic in the 2021 Mister Globe Pageant on 20 June 2021.{{Cite web|title=Slovak Republic – Mister Globe|url=https://www.misterglobe.net/portfolio/slovak-republic/|access-date=6 June 2021|language=en-GB}}