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Sergey Verlin

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Sergey Verlin
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta K-4 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Mexico City K-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place 1994 Mexico City K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1995 Duisburg K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1997 Dartmouth K-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place 1995 Duisburg K-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place 1998 Szeged K-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Copenhagen K-4 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Szeged K-4 1000 m

Sergey Verlin (Сергей Верлин, born October 12, 1974 in Voronezh) is a Russian sprint canoer 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.

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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