Sergey Verlin

Sergey Verlin

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	K-4 1000 m
World Championships
	1994 Mexico City	K-4 200 m
	1994 Mexico City	K-4 500 m
	1995 Duisburg	K-4 500 m
	1997 Dartmouth	K-4 200 m
	1995 Duisburg	K-4 200 m
	1998 Szeged	K-2 200 m
	1993 Copenhagen	K-4 10000 m
	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.

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
• Sports-reference.com profile