# Jamie Costin
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{{short description|Irish racewalker}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Jamie Costin
| image =
| caption =
| nationality = Irish
| sport = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_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](/source/race_walking) from the [Gaeltacht](/source/Gaeltacht) area of [Old Parish](/source/Old_Parish), [County Waterford](/source/County_Waterford). He competed at two Olympic Games.[{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/87049 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=13 July 2025}}]
== Biography ==
He has qualified to represent Ireland in the [50km Walk](/source/Race_Walking) at three Olympic Games. Having finished 38th at the [2000 Olympic Games](/source/2000_Olympics) in [Sydney](/source/Sydney), he was unable to compete at the [2004 Olympic Games](/source/2004_Olympics) in [Athens](/source/Athens) following a serious [road accident](/source/road_accident) where he broke his back.[{{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}}]
Fully recovered, he represented Ireland at the [2008 Olympic Games](/source/2008_Olympics) in [Beijing](/source/Beijing). In March 2009, Costin set a new Irish record of 3.50.52 at a race-walking meet in [Dudince](/source/Dudince), [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia). He therefore qualified to compete in [2009 World Championships](/source/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics) in [Berlin](/source/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](/source/1996_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Sydney](/source/Sydney), [Australia](/source/Australia)
|12th
|10,000 m
|[43:20.78](/source/1996_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_10%2C000_metres_walk)
|-
|rowspan=2|1999
|[World Race Walking Cup](/source/1999_IAAF_World_Race_Walking_Cup)
|[Mézidon-Canon](/source/M%C3%A9zidon-Canon), [France](/source/France)
|95th
|20 km
|[1:37:54](/source/1999_IAAF_World_Race_Walking_Cup)
|-
|[European U23 Championships](/source/1999_European_Athletics_U23_Championships)
|[Gothenburg](/source/Gothenburg), [Sweden](/source/Sweden)
| —
|20 km
|[DNF](/source/1999_European_Athletics_U23_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk)
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|[European Race Walking Cup](/source/2000_European_Race_Walking_Cup)
|[Eisenhüttenstadt](/source/Eisenh%C3%BCttenstadt), [Germany](/source/Germany)
|17th
|50 km
|[3:59:02](/source/2000_European_Race_Walking_Cup)
|-
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics)
|[Sydney](/source/Sydney), Australia
|38th
|50 km
|[4:24:22](/source/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_50_kilometres_walk)
|-
|rowspan=2|2001
|[European Race Walking Cup](/source/2001_European_Race_Walking_Cup)
|[Dudince](/source/Dudince), [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia)
|44th
|20 km
|[1:29:14](/source/2001_European_Race_Walking_Cup)
|-
|[World Championships](/source/2001_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Edmonton](/source/Edmonton), Canada
| 28th
|50 km
|[4:11:58](/source/2001_World_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Men's_50_kilometres_walk)
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|[European Championships](/source/2002_European_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Munich](/source/Munich), Germany
| —
|50 km
|[DQ](/source/2002_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_50_kilometres_walk)
|-
|[World Race Walking Cup](/source/2002_IAAF_World_Race_Walking_Cup)
|[Turin](/source/Turin), [Italy](/source/Italy)
|62nd
|20 km
|[1:35:15](/source/2002_IAAF_World_Race_Walking_Cup)
|-
|2003
|[World Championships](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Paris](/source/Paris), France
| —
|50 km
|[DQ](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Men's_50_kilometres_walk)
|-
|2004
|[World Race Walking Cup](/source/2004_IAAF_World_Race_Walking_Cup)
|[Naumburg](/source/Naumburg), [Germany](/source/Germany)
|30th
|20 km
|[1:23:08](/source/2004_IAAF_World_Race_Walking_Cup)
|-
|2006
|[World Race Walking Cup](/source/2006_IAAF_World_Race_Walking_Cup)
|[A Coruña](/source/A_Coru%C3%B1a), [Spain](/source/Spain)
| —
|20 km
|[DNF](/source/2006_IAAF_World_Race_Walking_Cup)
|-
|2007
|[World Championships](/source/2007_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Osaka](/source/Osaka), [Japan](/source/Japan)
| —
|50 km
|[DNF](/source/2007_World_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Men's_50_kilometres_walk)
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|[World Race Walking Cup](/source/2008_IAAF_World_Race_Walking_Cup)
|[Cheboksary](/source/Cheboksary), [Russia](/source/Russia)
|58th
|20 km
|[1:25:59](/source/2008_IAAF_World_Race_Walking_Cup)
|-
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics)
|[Beijing](/source/Beijing), [China](/source/China)
|44th
|50 km
|[4:15:16](/source/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_50_kilometres_walk)
|-
|rowspan=2|2009
|[European Race Walking Cup](/source/2009_European_Race_Walking_Cup)
|[Metz](/source/Metz), France
| —
|20 km
|[DNF](/source/2009_European_Race_Walking_Cup)
|-
|[World Championships](/source/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Berlin](/source/Berlin), [Germany](/source/Germany)
| —
|50 km
|[DNF](/source/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Men's_50_kilometres_walk)
|-
|2010
|[European Championships](/source/2010_European_Athletics_Championships)
|[Barcelona](/source/Barcelona), [Spain](/source/Spain)
|19th
|20 km
|[1:26:05](/source/2010_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk)
|-
|2012
|[World Race Walking Cup](/source/2012_IAAF_World_Race_Walking_Cup)
|[Saransk](/source/Saransk), [Russia](/source/Russia)
| —
|50 km
|[DNF](/source/2012_IAAF_World_Race_Walking_Cup)
|}
==References==
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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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Category:1977 births
Category:Irish men race walkers
Category:Olympic athletes for Ireland
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes from County Waterford
Category:Living people
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