Kurt Couto
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| Born | 14 May 1985 Maputo, Mozambique[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Mozambique | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400m Hurdles | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kurt Leonel da Rocha Couto (born 14 May 1985 in Maputo) is an athlete from Mozambique who specializes in 400 metres hurdles.
Life
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Glasgow 2014 - Kurt Couto Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ DGA. "Na sua quarta olimpíada Kurt Couto não passa da primeira eliminatória". Retrieved 1 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Kurt Couto at World Athletics
- Kurt Couto at Olympics.com
- Kurt Couto at Olympedia
- Kurt Couto at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Kurt Couto at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- IAAF
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kurt Couto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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