Kazimír Verkin

Kazimír Verkin (born March 27, 1972 in Brezno) is a Slovak race walker.[1] He set a personal best time of 3:57:17, by finishing sixth in the 50 km at the European Athletics Race Walking Permit Meeting in Dudince.[2]

Kazimír Verkin
Personal information
Nationality Slovakia
Born (1972-03-27) 27 March 1972
Brezno, Czechoslovakia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Race walking
ClubASK Dukla Banská Bystrica
Coached byMartin Pupis
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)10 km walk: 44:23 (2006)
20 km walk: 1:24:13 (2000)
50 km walk: 3:57:17 (2008)

Verkin made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed thirty-sixth in the men's 50 km race walk, with a time of 4:13:11.

Four years after competing in his first Olympics, Verkin qualified for his second Slovak team, as a 36-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by reaching an A-standard time of 4:00:00 from the European Athletics Race Walking Permit Meeting.[2] He successfully finished the 50 km race walk in forty-seventh place by more than a second behind Hungary's Zoltán Czukor, outside his personal best time of 4:21:26.[3]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kazimír Verkin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  2. "World leading time for Poland's Sudol at Race Walking Permit Meeting in Dudince". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  3. "Men's 50km Walk". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.


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