Kazimír Verkin

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
Race walking
ClubASK Dukla Banská Bystrica
Coached byMartin Pupis
Achievements and titles
Personal bests10 km walk: 44:23 (2006)
20 km walk: 1:24:13 (2000)
50 km walk: 3:57:17 (2008)

Kazimír Verkin (born 27 March 1972 in Brezno) is a Slovak race walker who took part in two Summer Olympics.[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]

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. He was the third Slovak to finish, behind Peter Korčok and Miloš Bátovský.[3]

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] His time of 3:57:17 at Dudince was his personal best at the distance. At the time he recorded it, he had been unemployed for a year, focusing on his walking.[4] He successfully finished the 50 km race walk in forty-seventh place, becoming the final finisher of the event and retiring from his walking career after the race.[5][6]

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. 1 2 "World leading time for Poland's Sudol at Race Walking Permit Meeting in Dudince". European Athletics. Retrieved 16 January 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "Chodec Korčok skončil na 14. mieste". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). SITA. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Bitka o Peking: tri miesta, štyri limity". Sportnet (in Slovak). 31 March 2004. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Men's 50km Walk". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Verkinova rozlúčka s veľkými ováciami publika". pluska.sk (in Slovak). 22 August 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
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