Jamie Costin

James "Jamie" Costin (Irish: Séamus Ó Coistín; born 1 June 1977) is an Irish race walker from the Gaeltacht area of Old Parish, County Waterford.

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. 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.

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Ireland
1996 World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 12th 10,000 m 43:20.78
1999 World Race Walking Cup Mézidon-Canon, France 95th 20 km 1:37:54
European U23 Championships Göteborg, Sweden — 20 km DNF
2000 European Race Walking Cup Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17th 50 km 3:59:02
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 38th 50 km 4:24:22
2001 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 44th 20 km 1:29:14
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 28th 50 km 4:11:58
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany — 50 km DQ
World Race Walking Cup Turin, Italy 62nd 20 km 1:35:15
2003 World Championships Paris, France — 50 km DQ
2004 World Race Walking Cup Naumburg, Germany 30th 20 km 1:23:08
2006 World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain — 20 km DNF
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan — 50 km DNF
2008 World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 58th 20 km 1:25:59
Olympic Games Beijing, China 44th 50 km 4:15:16
2009 European Race Walking Cup Metz, France — 20 km DNF
World Championships Berlin, Germany — 50 km DNF
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 19th 20 km 1:26:05
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia — 50 km DNF
  • "Costin injured in road accident" (RTE.ie) at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 August 2004)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jamie Costin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
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