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Kurt Couto

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Kurt Couto
Personal information
Born (1985-05-14) 14 May 1985 (age 39)
Maputo, Mozambique[1]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country Mozambique
SportAthletics
Event400m Hurdles
Medal record
Lusophony Games
Representing  Mozambique
Gold medal – first place Macau 2006 50.29
Bronze medal – third place Lisbon 2009 51.10
Gold medal – first place 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.

Life

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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

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 30th (h) 400 m hurdles 53.51
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 31st (h) 400 m hurdles 51.18 (NR)
2005 Islamic Solidarity Games Mecca, Saudi Arabia 7th 400 m hurdles 52.73
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 29th (h) 400 m hurdles 52.04
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 15th (sf) 400 m hurdles 52.16
African Championships Bambous, Mauritius 3rd 400 m hurdles 50.72
Lusophony Games Macau 1st 400 m hurdles 50.29 (NR)
2007 Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 2nd 400 m hurdles 49.12
World Championships Osaka, Japan 27th (h) 400 m hurdles 50.06
All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 5th 400 m hurdles 50.19
2008 African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 13th (h) 400 m hurdles 53.84
2009 Lusophony Games Lisbon, Portugal 3rd 400 m hurdles 51.10
World Championships Berlin, Germany 400 m hurdles DQ
2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 5th 400 m hurdles 51.47
African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 5th 400 m hurdles 49.79
Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 14th (h) 400 m hurdles 51.60
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 3rd 400 m hurdles 49.61
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 23rd (h) 400 m hurdles 49.86
All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 2nd 400 m hurdles 51.04
2012 African Championships Porto-Novo, Benin 7th 400 m hurdles 69.53
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 22nd (sf) 400 m hurdles 51.55
2014 Lusophony Games Goa, India 1st 400 m hurdles 51.97
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 400 m hurdles DQ
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 23rd (sf) 400 m hurdles 50.58
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 5th 400 m hurdles 49.55
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 400 m hurdles DQ
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 28th (h) 400 m hurdles 49.74
2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan 3rd 400 m hurdles 50.97
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 8th (h) 400 m hurdles 49.56
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 400 m hurdles DNF

References

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  1. ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b "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.
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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Mozambique
Athens 2004
Beijing 2008
London 2012
Succeeded by