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Jamie Costin
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James Costin (Irish: Séamus Ó Coistín; born 1 June 1977) is an Irish former race walker from the Gaeltacht area of Old Parish, County Waterford. He competed at two Olympic Games.[1]
Key Information
Biography
[edit]He has qualified to represent Ireland in the 50km Walk at three Olympic Games. Having finished 38th at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, he was unable to compete at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens following a serious road accident where he broke his back.[2]
Fully recovered, he represented Ireland at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. In March 2009, Costin set a new Irish record of 3.50.52 at a race-walking meet in Dudince, Slovakia. He therefore qualified to compete in 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
He is married to Zuzanna Malikova, a Slovak Olympian.[citation needed]
Achievements
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References
[edit]- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ "Jamie Costin was 27, in the shape of his life, ready for the Olympics. Then he got hit by a truck". Irish Times. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
External links
[edit]- "Costin injured in road accident" (RTE.ie) at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 August 2004)
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