Deniss Karpak

{{Short description|Estonian sailor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Deniss Karpak | image = Deniss Karpak.JPG | caption = Karpak in 2013 | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|18 July 1986}} | birth_place = [[Tallinn]], [[Estonian SSR]], Soviet Union | height = 200 cm | weight = 100 kg | classes = [[Optimist (class)|Optimist]], [[Laser (class)|Laser]], [[Finn (class)|Finn]] | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition | [[World Championships in Sailing|World Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2025 Finn Gold Cup|2025 Cascais]] | [[Finn Gold Cup|Finn]]}} {{MedalBronze | [[2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships|2007 Cascais]] | [[ILCA 7 World Championship|Laser]]}} {{MedalCompetition | [[European championships in sailing|European Championships]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2025 Finn European Championship|2025 Naples]] | [[Finn (dinghy)|Finn]]}} }}

'''Deniss Karpak''' (born 18 July 1986) is an [[Estonia]]n [[sailing (sport)|sailor]].<ref name="OlympicBotGeneratedRef">{{cite web |title=Deniss Karpak |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/karpak-deniss-1072367/ |website=London2012.com |publisher=[[The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited]] |accessdate=13 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911225044/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/karpak-deniss-1072367/ |archive-date=11 September 2012}}</ref>

Karpak was born in [[Tallinn]]. He finished 24th at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in the [[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Laser class|Laser class]]. At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] he finished 11th in the [[Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Finn class|Finn class]] and at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] he finished 20th.<ref>{{Cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/deniss-karpak-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418094833/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/deniss-karpak-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Deniss Karpak |access-date=2016-03-11}}</ref>

==Biography== He was born to sailing athlete [[Igor Karpak]] and swimmer [[Marina Trofimova]].

He began his high school education in [[Odesa, Ukraine]]. When his family moved back to Estonia, he continued his studies at [[Tallinna Läänemere Gümnaasium]], graduating in 2004.

Karpak had his first sailing experience when he was six with an [[Optimist (dinghy)|Optimist]]. He started to regularly engage in sailing when was 12 years old in 1998 with the sailing club "Baltsail". In 1999 Karpak moved to the sailing club [[Kalev Sailing School]] (KPSK). In 2003 he moved over to the [[Laser (dinghy)|Laser]] class. Since 2009 he has been sailing with the [[Finn (dinghy)|Finn]] class.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.delfi.ee/a/51091224 |title=Tippsportlaste poeg Deniss Karpak purjetab julgelt maailmaklassi |trans-title=Deniss Karpak, the son of top athletes, boldly sails world class |website=Eesti Päevaleht |language=et |date=17 June 2007}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{World Sailing|deniss-karpak|id=ESTDK1}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com profile|deniss-karpak}} * {{ESBL profile}}

{{s-start}} {{s-ach|aw}} {{succession box|title=[[Estonian Young Sports Personality of the Year]]|before=[[Heiki Nabi]]|after=[[Kaire Leibak]]|years=2007}} {{s-end}}

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