Geisa Coutinho

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Geisa Coutinho
Geisa Coutinho - Rio 2016.jpg
Coutinho at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameGeisa Aparecida Muniz Coutinho
Born (1980-06-01) June 1, 1980 (age 44)
Araruama, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
SportAthletics
Event 4 × 400m Relay
Medal record
World Relays
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Chorzów 4×400 m relay mixed
Military World Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Rio de Janeiro 400 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2011 Rio de Janeiro4×100 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2011 Rio de Janeiro4×400 m relay
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Santo Domingo 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara 400 m
South American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Barquisimeto 400 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Barquisimeto 4×400 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Cali 4×400 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Buenos Aires 4×400 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Cali 400 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Buenos Aires 400 m
Updated on 15 April 2014

Geisa Aparecida Muniz Coutinho (born 1 June 1980) is a Brazilian track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres sprint. She represented Brazil at the 2004 Summer Olympics and at the 2012 Summer Olympics and is a four-time participant in the World Championships in Athletics (2003, 2005, 2009, and 2011). Her personal best in the 400 m is 51.08 seconds, and she holds the South American record of 3:26.68 minutes for the 4×400 metres relay.

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She was the South American champion in the 400 m in 2003, the silver medallist in 2005, and the bronze medallist in 2011. She has won three South American titles with the Brazilian relay team and a bronze at the Pan American Games. At the 2011 Military World Games, she was a triple gold medallist, having won the 400 m, 4×100 m relay, and 4×400 m relay events.

Career

Born in Araruama, she discovered athletics while at high school and tried the pole vault and sprinting events. She eventually focused solely on the 400 m and moved to Rio de Janeiro in order to train with the Vasco da Gama 16 sports club. [1] She won her first Brazilian title in the 400 m in 2002 and took three consecutive victories at the annual event. [2]

She made her world debut at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships, running in the heats stage. [3] Her first continental medals came at the 2003 South American Championships in Athletics, where she secured both the individual and relay 400 m titles for Brazil. She was also chosen for those events at the 2003 Pan American Games, and she helped Brazil to the bronze medal in the 4×400 metres relay. [4] She made her outdoor global debut at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, but was eliminated in the heats of the 400 m. [3] In 2004, she won the bronze at the 2004 Ibero-American Championships and took a third Brazilian title. [5] She was selected for the 400 m race and relay at the 2004 Athens Olympics but was eliminated in the first round of both events. [6]

The following year she won the silver medal behind Maria Laura Almirão at the 2005 South American Championships in Athletics and joined her compatriot to win the relay gold. [7] More relay success came at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, as a team of Almirão, Coutinho, Josiane Tito and Lucimar Teodoro set a South American record time of 3:26.82 minutes in the heats, although they were disqualified in the final. [8] She was a finalist in both the 200 metres and 400 m at the 2006 Ibero-American Championships, but she then disappeared from international competition with sub-par seasons in 2007 and 2008. [3]

She joined the BM&F Bovespa sports club in 2009, coinciding with Coutinho's revival period. That year, she returned to international competition as she ran on the Brazilian relay team at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. She won back-to-back 400 m national titles from 2010 to 2011. [1] She also re-established herself at continental level, taking the 400 m bronze medal and relay gold at the 2011 South American Championships in Athletics. [9] [10] The 2011 Military World Games were held in her home state of Rio de Janeiro, and she provided one of the highlights for the hosts by winning the 400 m title in a personal best and Games record of 51.08 seconds. She won two further gold medals at the competition as she helped Brazil not only win the 4×400 m relay but also the 4×100 metres relay (in which she set another Games record). [11] [12] At the 2011 Brazilian championships, she ran a personal best of 23.07 seconds for the 200 m (later finishing third overall), won the 400 m race, and then set a South American record in the 4×400 m relay of 3:26.68 minutes with her club mates Bárbara de Oliveira, Joelma Sousa and Jailma de Lima. [13] [14]

Personal bests

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
2002 Ibero-American Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.13A
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 21st (h) 400 m 54.23
South American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 1st 400 m 51.81
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.64
Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 10th (h) 400 m 53.23
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.07
World Championships Saint-Denis, France 7th (h) 400 m 53.31
2004 Ibero-American Championships Huelva, Spain 3rd 400 m 52.42
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 28th (h) 400 m 52.18
12th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.43
2005 South American Championships Cali, Colombia 2nd 400 m 52.94
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.24
World Championships Helsinki, Finland – 4 × 400 m relay DQ
2006 Ibero-American Championships Ponce, Puerto Rico 7th 200 m 24.02
(+0.7 m/s)
4th 400 m 53.66
2009 South American Championships Lima, Perú 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.69
Lusophony Games Lisbon, Portugal 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:34.16
World Championships Berlin, Germany 13th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.42
2011 South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 3rd 400 m 52.84
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.66
Military World Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st400 m51.08
1st4x100 m relay43.73
1st4 × 400 m relay3:32.42
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 14th (sf) 400 m 51.87
18th (h) 4x100 m relay 3:32.43
Pan American Games Guadalajara, México 3rd 400 m 51.87
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.59
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey – 400 m DQ
Ibero-American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 8th 200 m 23.66
(+0.9 m/s)
2nd 400 m 52.66
1st 4x100 m relay 43.90
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.56
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 5th (h) 400 m 53.43
7th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.95
2014 South American Games Santiago, Chile 1st 400 m 51.81
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:35.07
Ibero-American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 1st 400 m 51.76
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.66
2015 South American Championships Lima, Peru 2nd (h) [15] 200 m 24.62
(-1.4 m/s)
1st 400 m 53.07
World Championships Beijing, China 37th (h) 400 m 52.72
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 25th (h) 400 m 52.05
16th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.27
2017 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 1st (B) 4 × 400 m relay 3:34.68
South American Championships Asunción, Paraguay 1st 400 m 52.03
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.00
2018 South American Games Cochabamba, Bolivia 2nd 400 m 52.93
Ibero-American Championships Trujillo, Peru 2nd 400 m 52.57
2019 South American Championships Lima, Peru 4th 400 m 53.51
2021 South American Championships Guayaquil, Ecuador 4th 400 m 53.55

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References

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  15. ↑ Did not start in the final.
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