According to Gout's father Bona, when he and his wife Monica fled South Sudan for Egypt, before moving to Australia, the family name was misspelled during translation from Arabic.

[5] In his younger years, Gout played soccer and grew up admiring Cristiano Ronaldo as his favourite footballer, before making the decision to focus on athletics.

[8][9][10] Gout ran a personal best time of 10.29s to win the U18 Boys 100m at the Queensland Athletics Championships in Brisbane, in March 2024.

[12] He represented Australia at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, where he won the silver medal in the 200 metres in August 2024 in a personal best time of 20.60 (−0.7 m/s).

[20] He backed this up by winning the final in 10.17 (+0.9 m/s), breaking the Australian U18 record which had been held by Australia’s reigning men’s senior champion Sebastian Sultana.