Marileidy Paulino

Marileidy Paulino
Personal information
Born (1996-10-25) 25 October 1996
Nizao, Peravia, Dominican Republic
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
CountryDominican Republic
SportTrack and field
Event
Sprint
Coached byYassen Pérez Gómez
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st (400 m, 2023)
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Dominican Republic
Olympic Games
2024 Paris 400 m
2020 Tokyo 400 m
2020 Tokyo 4 × 400 m mixed
World Championships
2022 Eugene 4 × 400 m mixed
2023 Budapest 400 m
2022 Eugene 400 m
2025 Tokyo 400 m
Diamond League
2022 400 m
2023 400 m
2024 400 m
Pan American Games
2023 Santiago 200 m
2023 Santiago 4 × 400 m mixed
2023 Santiago 4 × 400 m relay
2023 Santiago 4 × 100 m relay
Central American and Caribbean Games
2023 San Salvador 400 m
2023 San Salvador 4 × 400 m relay
2023 San Salvador 4 × 100 m relay
2018 Barranquilla 4 × 100 m relay
Military World Games
2019 Wuhan 200 m
Ibero-American Championships
2022 Alicante 400 m
2022 Alicante 4 × 100 m relay

Marileidy Paulino (born 25 October 1996) 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. 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.