Sergey Verlin

Sergey Verlin (Сергей Верлин; born 12 October 1974 in Voronezh) is a Russian sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-to-late 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Sergey Verlin
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1996 AtlantaK-4 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1994 Mexico CityK-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place1994 Mexico CityK-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place1995 DuisburgK-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place1997 DartmouthK-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place1995 DuisburgK-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place1998 SzegedK-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place1993 CopenhagenK-4 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place1998 SzegedK-4 1000 m
Sergey Verlin in 2013

Verlin also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-4 200 m: 1994, 1997; K-4 500 m: 1994, 1995), two silvers (K-2 200 m: 1998, K-4 500 m: 1995), and a bronze (K-4 1000 m: 1998).

After retiring, Verlin went into politics, standing as a candidate for the United Russia party of Vladimir Putin. Since 2004 he has been a coach of the Russian national kayak squad.

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