James Costin (; 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.
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.
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 Representing 1996World Junior ChampionshipsSydney, Australia12th10,000 m43:20.781999World Race Walking CupMézidon-Canon, France95th20 km1:37:54European U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden —20 kmDNF2000European Race Walking Cup Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany17th50 km3:59:02Olympic Games Sydney, Australia38th50 km4:24:222001European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia44th20 km1:29:14World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada 28th50 km4:11:582002European Championships Munich, Germany —50 kmDQWorld Race Walking CupTurin, Italy62nd20 km1:35:152003World ChampionshipsParis, France —50 kmDQ2004World Race Walking CupNaumburg, Germany30th20 km1:23:082006World Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain —20 kmDNF2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan —50 kmDNF2008World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia58th20 km1:25:59Olympic GamesBeijing, China44th50 km4:15:162009European Race Walking CupMetz, France —20 kmDNFWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany —50 kmDNF2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain19th20 km1:26:052012World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia —50 kmDNF
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