Mariana Dias Ximenes

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Mariana Dias Ximenes (born December 13, 1983 in Baucau , East Timor ) is an East Timorese marathon runner .

Sporty

In 2001, Ximenes won three gold medals at the Arafura Games in the 5000 m, 10,000 m and half marathon disciplines. It was the first time that East Timor competed as an independent team at the Games, even if the country had not yet been granted independence by the United Nations .

In 2002, Ximenes took part in the Asian Games in Busan in the marathon.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , Ximenes started in the women's marathon, but did not finish.

Ximenes was the only female athlete in her country at the Beijing Games because the marathon runner Augusto Ramos Soares had not come. Ximenes carried the flag of East Timor at the opening ceremony.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mariana Dias Ximenes in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on September 14, 2013
  2. ^ Tais Timor: Victory in Arafura Debut , June 2001, Vol. 2, No. 27 , accessed February 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ Girl's dream . September 30, 2002. Archived from the original on October 1, 2002. Retrieved June 24, 2008. 
  4. ^ East Timor in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ), accessed on September 14, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Ximenes, Mariana Dias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Timorese marathon runner and Olympic participant
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Baucau , East Timor