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.
His personal best in the 400 metres is 46.50 (Windhoek, 2007) and 49.02 in the 400 metres hurdles (Prague 2012).
He was flag bearer for his country at the Olympics three times (2004 Summer, 2008 Summer and 2012 Summer). He was also Mozambique's flag-bearer at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. At the 2016 Olympic Games, Couto retired after the first round, with a time of 49.74 seconds.
Competition record 2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica30th (h)400 m hurdles53.512004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece31st (h)400 m hurdles51.18 (NR)2005Islamic Solidarity GamesMecca, Saudi Arabia7th400 m hurdles52.73World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland29th (h)400 m hurdles52.042006Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia15th (sf)400 m hurdles52.16African ChampionshipsBambous, Mauritius3rd400 m hurdles50.72Lusophony GamesMacau1st400 m hurdles50.29 (NR)2007UniversiadeBangkok, Thailand2nd400 m hurdles49.12World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan27th (h)400 m hurdles50.06All-Africa GamesAlgiers, Algeria5th400 m hurdles50.192008African ChampionshipsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia13th (h)400 m hurdles53.842009Lusophony GamesLisbon, Portugal3rd400 m hurdles51.10World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany –400 m hurdlesDQ2010Ibero-American ChampionshipsSan Fernando, Spain5th400 m hurdles51.47African ChampionshipsNairobi, Kenya5th400 m hurdles49.79Commonwealth GamesDelhi, India14th (h)400 m hurdles51.602011UniversiadeShenzhen, China3rd400 m hurdles49.61World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea23rd (h)400 m hurdles49.86All-Africa GamesMaputo, Mozambique2nd400 m hurdles51.042012African ChampionshipsPorto-Novo, Benin7th400 m hurdles69.53Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom22nd (sf)400 m hurdles51.552014Lusophony GamesGoa, India1st400 m hurdles51.97Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom –400 m hurdlesDQ2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China23rd (sf)400 m hurdles50.58African GamesBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo5th400 m hurdles49.552016African ChampionshipsDurban, South Africa –400 m hurdlesDQOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil28th (h)400 m hurdles49.742017Islamic Solidarity GamesBaku, Azerbaijan3rd400 m hurdles50.972018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia8th (h)400 m hurdles49.56African ChampionshipsAsaba, Nigeria –400 m hurdlesDNF
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