Marileidy Paulino

Marileidy Paulino
	Marileidy Paulino at the 2022 World Athletics Championships
Personal information
Born	25 October 1996 (age 27); Nizao, Peravia, Dominican Republic
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country	Dominican Republic
Sport	Track and field
Event	Sprint
Coached by	Yassen Pérez Gómez
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	1st (400 m, 2023)
Personal bests	100 m: 11.38 (Bogotá 2023); 200 m: 22.36 NR (Santo Domingo 2022); 400 m: 48.76 NR (Budapest 2023);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the Dominican Republic
Olympic Games
World Championships
Diamond League
World Relay Championships
Military World Games
Ibero-American Championships
Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games

Marileidy Paulino (born 25 October 1996)^[3] is a Dominican athlete sprinter specializing in the 400 meters. She won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first woman from the Dominican Republic to earn an individual Olympic medal in athletics.^[4] Paulino took silver at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. At these competitions, she earned also silver and gold in the mixed 4×400 m relay respectively, running legs of 48.7 s in 2021 and 48.47 s in 2022. Since May 2023, Paulino is the 400 m ranked world No. 1.

Paulino won the silver medal in the 200 meters at the 2019 Military World Games and gold for the 400 m at the 2022 Ibero-American Championships and the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games. She won the 2022 Diamond League 400 m title. She is the Dominican Republic record holder for the indoor 60 m, 200 m indoors and out, and 400 m.

^ "Athlete profile – PAULINO Marileidy". Olympics.com. IOC. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/400m/women?regionType=world&page=1&rankDate=2023-12-26
^ "Marileidy PAULINO – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (24 January 2022). "Marileidy Paulino, from 400m newcomer to Olympic silver medallist in one year". World Athletics. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[IOCprofile-1] "Athlete profile – PAULINO Marileidy". Olympics.com. IOC. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[2] ttps://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/400m/women?regionType=world&page=1&rankDate=2023-12-26

[WAprofile-3] "Marileidy PAULINO – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[4] Clavelo Robinson, Javier (24 January 2022). "Marileidy Paulino, from 400m newcomer to Olympic silver medallist in one year". World Athletics. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

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