Kurt Couto

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Kurt Couto
Personal information
Born (1985-05-14) 14 May 1985 (age 40)
Maputo, Mozambique [1]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
SportAthletics
Event 400m Hurdles
Medal record
Lusophony Games
Representing Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Macau 2006 50.29
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Lisbon 2009 51.10
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Goa 2014 51.97

Kurt Leonel da Rocha Couto (born 14 May 1985 in Maputo) is an athlete from Mozambique who specializes in 400 metres hurdles.

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Life

At the age of 17, he moved to South Africa to train. [2]

His personal best in the 400 metres is 46.50 (Windhoek, 2007) and 49.02 in the 400 metres hurdles (Prague 2012).[ citation needed ]

He was flag bearer for his country at the Olympics three times (2004 Summer, 2008 Summer[ citation needed ] and 2012 Summer). He was also Mozambique's flag-bearer at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [2] At the 2016 Olympic Games, Couto retired after the first round, with a time of 49.74 seconds. [3]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 30th (h)400 m hurdles 53.51
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece31st (h)400 m hurdles 51.18 (NR)
2005 Islamic Solidarity Games Mecca, Saudi Arabia7th400 m hurdles 52.73
World Championships Helsinki, Finland29th (h)400 m hurdles 52.04
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia15th (sf)400 m hurdles 52.16
African Championships Bambous, Mauritius 3rd400 m hurdles 50.72
Lusophony Games Macau 1st400 m hurdles50.29 (NR)
2007 Universiade Bangkok, Thailand2nd400 m hurdles 49.12
World Championships Osaka, Japan 27th (h)400 m hurdles 50.06
All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria5th400 m hurdles 50.19
2008 African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia13th (h)400 m hurdles 53.84
2009 Lusophony Games Lisbon, Portugal3rd400 m hurdles 51.10
World Championships Berlin, Germany400 m hurdles DQ
2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 5th400 m hurdles 51.47
African Championships Nairobi, Kenya5th400 m hurdles 49.79
Commonwealth Games Delhi, India14th (h)400 m hurdles 51.60
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China3rd400 m hurdles 49.61
World Championships Daegu, South Korea23rd (h)400 m hurdles 49.86
All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique2nd400 m hurdles 51.04
2012 African Championships Porto-Novo, Benin7th400 m hurdles 69.53
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom22nd (sf)400 m hurdles 51.55
2014 Lusophony Games Goa, India1st400 m hurdles 51.97
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom400 m hurdles DQ
2015 World Championships Beijing, China23rd (sf)400 m hurdles 50.58
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo5th400 m hurdles 49.55
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa400 m hurdles DQ
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil28th (h)400 m hurdles 49.74
2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan3rd400 m hurdles 50.97
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 8th (h)400 m hurdles 49.56
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria400 m hurdles DNF

References

  1. "2018 Commonwealth Games profile" . Retrieved 24 April 2018.[ dead link ]
  2. 1 2 "Glasgow 2014 - Kurt Couto Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. DGA. "Na sua quarta olimpíada Kurt Couto não passa da primeira eliminatória" . Retrieved 1 September 2016.
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Athens 2004
Beijing 2008
London 2012
Succeeded by