Geisa Coutinho

Geisa Coutinho

Coutinho at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Geisa Aparecida Muniz Coutinho
Born	(1980-06-01) June 1, 1980 (age 36) Araruama, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	4 × 400m Relay
Medal record Military World Games 2011 Rio de Janeiro 400 m 2011 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m relay 2011 Rio de Janeiro 4×400 m relay Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 4×400 m relay 2003 Santo Domingo 4×400 m relay 2011 Guadalajara 400 m South American Championships 2003 Barquisimeto 400 m 2003 Barquisimeto 4×400 m relay 2005 Cali 4×400 m relay 2011 Buenos Aires 4×400 m relay 2005 Cali 400 m 2011 Buenos Aires 400 m
Updated on 15 April 2014.

Geisa Aparecida Muniz Coutinho (born 1 June 1980) is a Brazilian track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres sprint. She represented Brazil at the 2004 Summer Olympics and at the 2012 Summer Olympics and is a four-time participant of the World Championships in Athletics (2003, 2005, 2009 and 2011). Her personal best in the 400 m is 51.08 seconds and she holds the South American record of 3:26.68 minutes for the 4×400 metres relay.

She was the South American champion in the 400 m in 2003, the silver medallist in 2005, and the bronze medallist in 2011. With the Brazilian relay team, she has won three South American titles and a bronze at the Pan American Games. At the 2011 Military World Games she was a triple gold medallist, having won the 400 m, 4×100 m relay and 4×400 m relay events.

Born in Araruama, she discovered athletics while at high school and tried the pole vault and sprinting events. She eventually focused solely on the 400 m and moved to Rio de Janeiro in order to train with the Vasco da Gama 16 sports club. She won her first Brazilian title in the 400 m in 2002 and went on to take three consecutive victories at the annual event.

She made her world debut at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships, running in the heats stage. Her first continental medals came at the 2003 South American Championships in Athletics, where she secured both the individual and relay 400 m titles for Brazil. She was also chosen for those events at the 2003 Pan American Games and she helped Brazil to the bronze medal in the 4×400 metres relay. She made her outdoor global debut at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, but was eliminated in the heats of the 400 m. In 2004, she won the bronze at the 2004 Ibero-American Championships and took a third Brazilian title. She was selected for the 400 m race and relay at the 2004 Athens Olympics, but was eliminated in the first round of both events.