| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 February 1997 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hurdles |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 60mH: 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]
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]