{{short description|Irish racewalker}} {{no footnotes|date=January 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Jamie Costin | image = | caption = | nationality = Irish | sport = Athletics | event = Racewalking | club = West Waterford AC | birth_date = 1 June 1977 | birth_place = Ring Gaelteacht, Waterford, Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | height =181 cm | weight =69 kg }} '''James Costin''' ({{langx|ga|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.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/87049 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref>
== Biography == 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2024/05/18/jamie-costin-was-27-in-the-shape-of-his-life-ready-for-the-olympics-then-he-got-hit-by-a-truck|title=Jamie Costin was 27, in the shape of his life, ready for the Olympics. Then he got hit by a truck|publisher=Irish Times|access-date=31 May 2024}}</ref>
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|date=July 2025}}
== Achievements == {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{IRL}} |- |1996 |World Junior Championships |Sydney, Australia |12th |10,000 m |43:20.78 |- |rowspan=2|1999 |World Race Walking Cup |Mézidon-Canon, France |95th |20 km |1:37:54 |- |European U23 Championships |Gothenburg, Sweden | — |20 km |DNF |- |rowspan=2|2000 |European Race Walking Cup |Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany |17th |50 km |3:59:02 |- |Olympic Games |Sydney, Australia |38th |50 km |4:24:22 |- |rowspan=2|2001 |European Race Walking Cup |Dudince, Slovakia |44th |20 km |1:29:14 |- |World Championships |Edmonton, Canada | 28th |50 km |4:11:58 |- |rowspan=2|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 |- |rowspan=2|2008 |World Race Walking Cup |Cheboksary, Russia |58th |20 km |1:25:59 |- |Olympic Games |Beijing, China |44th |50 km |4:15:16 |- |rowspan=2|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 |}
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== External links == * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040819020305/http://www.rte.ie/sport/2004/0817/costinj.html |date=19 August 2004 |title="Costin injured in road accident" (RTE.ie)}}
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