Marileidy Paulino (born 25 October 1996)[4] 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.[5] At the subsequent Summer Olympics in Paris, she won the gold medal in the 400 metres event, becoming only the third person from the Dominican Republic to win an Olympic gold medal. Paulino also took silver at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. At these competitions, she also earned 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.
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- ^ "World Rankings | Women's 400m (300m-500m)".
- ^ "Paris 2024 athletics: All results, as Dominican Republic's Marileidy Paulino races to women's 400m gold in Olympic record". 9 August 2024. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "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.