Sergey Verlin (Сергей Верлин; born 12 October 1974 in Voronezh) is a Russian

sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

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 The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta. Verlin also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-4 200 m:

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; K-4 500 m: 1994,

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), two silvers (K-2 200 m:

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, 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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* 1974 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Russian male canoeists Russian politicians Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Sportspeople from Voronezh Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Russia-Olympic-medalist-stub