Kreete Verlin

Kreete Verlin
Personal information
Born (1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 29)
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.

Biography

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

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

In January 2025, she lowered the Estonian national record for the 60 metres hurdles to 8.06 seconds whilst competing in Luxembourg. 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.

Verlin set a new 100m hurdles personal best in Tartu on 17 June 2025 of 13.11 seconds. Later that month, she competed for Estonia in the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division in Maribor, Slovenia, in the 100 metres hurdles. 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.

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. She won the 60 metres hurdles at the Estonian Indoor Championships in February 2026, running 7.99 seconds in Tallinn. In March 2026, she ran in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, reaching the semi-finals.

References

  1. ↑ "Kreete Verlin". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 Feb 2026.
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  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. ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  17. ↑ "Injury concerns prompt Johannes Erm to pull out of Indoor Athletics World Championships". err.ee. 6 Mar 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.