Kurt Couto

Kurt Couto
Personal information
Born	14 May 1985 (age 36); Maputo, Mozambique
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country	Mozambique
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400m Hurdles
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Lusophony Games
Representing Mozambique

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

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[]

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
2005	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
2009	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
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	22nd (sf)	400 m hurdles	51.55
2014	Lusophony Games	Goa, India	1st	400 m hurdles	51.97
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	–	400 m hurdles	DQ
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	23rd (sf)	400 m hurdles	50.58
2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	5th	400 m hurdles	49.55
2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	–	400 m hurdles	DQ
2016	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
2018	African Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	–	400 m hurdles	DNF

References[]

^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 24 April 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^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[]

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.

Olympic Games
Preceded by Jorge Duvane	Flagbearer for Mozambique Athens 2004 Beijing 2008 London 2012	Succeeded by Joaquim Lobo

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[1] "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 24 April 2018.

[:0-2] Jump up to: ^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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