Kreete Verlin

Kreete Verlin
Personal information
Born (1997-02-14) 14 February 1997
Tallinn, Estonia
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal bests60mH: 7.96 (Madrid, 2026) NR
100mH: 13.11 (Tartu, 2025)

Kreete Verlin (born 14 February 1997) is an Estonian hurdler. She is a multiple-time national champion and was a semi-finalist over 60 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]

Career

From Tallinn, Verlin trains under Maris Mägi.[2] She won the Estonian Athletics Championships for the first time over 100 metres hurdles in August 2020.[3] She won the Estonian Indoor Athletics Championships for the first time over 60 metres hurdles in February 2022.[4] The following month, she competed for Estonia at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, without advancing to the semi-finals.[5]

She ran as part of the Estonian 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024,[6][7] as well as the following month at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[8]

In January 2025, she lowered the Estonian national record for the 60 metres hurdles to 8.06 seconds whilst competing in Luxembourg.[9] In March 2025, she competed at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands and was a semi-finalist over 60 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China.[10]

Verlin set a new 100m hurdles personal best in Tartu on 17 June 2025 of 13.11 seconds.[11] Later that month, she competed for Estonia in the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division in Maribor, Slovenia, in the 100 metres hurdles.[12] Running alongside Miia Ott, Anna Maria Millend and Ann Marii Kivikas to set an Estonian record of 43.98 in the 4 x 100 metres race at the championships.[13][14]

On January 24, 2026, she improved her Estonian record by a hundredth of a second, bringing it to 8.05. In February 2026, she set new personal bests for the 60 metres hurdles competing on the World Athletics Indoor Tour, recording 8.03 in Ostrava on the 3 February, before competing in Madrid, Spain, on 6 February, running 7.97 and then 7.96 seconds in consecutive races.[2] She won the 60 metres hurdles at the Estonian Indoor Championships in February 2026, running 7.99 seconds in Tallinn.[15] She was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, in March 2026.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Kreete Verlin". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 Feb 2026.
  2. ^ a b "AWESOME! Kreete Verlin further reduced the Estonian record in the final". ohtuleht.ee. 6 February 2026. Retrieved 7 Feb 2026.
  3. ^ "Estonian Championships". World Athletics. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 7 Feb 2026.
  4. ^ "Estonian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 27 Feb 2022. Retrieved 7 Feb 2026.
  5. ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 7 Feb 2026.
  6. ^ "Women 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Estonian women's relay team did not threaten national record in World Championships heat, one more race awaits". Delfi. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
  8. ^ "mistake in the last inning ruined a record-breaking run. "Today was definitely a very bitter lesson."". Ohtuleht.ee. 11 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Kreete Verlin ran an Estonian record in Luxembourg: I felt already in the warm-up that the pace was easy". ohtuleht.ee. 19 Jan 2025. Retrieved 7 Feb 2026.
  10. ^ "The Estonian record holder reached the semi-finals of the title race for the first time: an interesting experience". Postimees.ee. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 7 Feb 2026.
  11. ^ "Athlete Kreete Verlin sets new 100m hurdles PB in Tartu". err.ee. 17 Jun 2025. Retrieved 6 Feb 2026.
  12. ^ "European Athletics Team Championships Second Division". World Athletics. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 7 Feb 2026.
  13. ^ Talivee, Mihkel (June 28, 2025). "WELL DONE! The Estonian team broke the Estonian record at the European Team Championships by a second". Ohtuleht.ee. Retrieved 7 Feb 2026.
  14. ^ "VEM-i 1. päev - Naiste teatenelik püstitas Eesti rekordi". eklj.ee. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Estonian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 28 Feb 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  16. ^ "Injury concerns prompt Johannes Erm to pull out of Indoor Athletics World Championships". err.ee. 6 Mar 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
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