| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Slovakia |
| Born | (1972-03-27) 27 March 1972 (age 52) Brezno, Czechoslovakia |
| 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) |
Kazimír Verkin (born 27 March 1972 in Brezno) is a Slovak race walker. 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.
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. 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.
References
- 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.
- ^ "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.
- "Men's 50km Walk". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
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