Kazimír Verkin
Slovak racewalker (born 1972)
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Kazimír Verkin (born 27 March 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]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Slovakia |
| Born | 27 March 1972 |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Race walking |
| Club | ASK Dukla Banská Bystrica |
| Coached by | Martin 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]
