Martinho de Araújo
Martinho de Araújo (born July 26, 1973 in Dili , Portuguese Timor ) is an East Timorese weightlifter. He participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , making him one of the first East Timorese athletes to compete for the country in the Olympic Games.
Sporty
At the games in Sydney Araújo competed in the bantam weight class up to 56 kg. When tearing he lifted 67.5 kg after two failed attempts, when repositioning and pushing in the first attempt 85 kg, in the second 90 kg. Araújo failed on the third attempt at 95 kg. With a total of 157.5 kg, Araújo came last out of 20 participants, more than a hundredweight behind the penultimate.
Private
During the Indonesian Operation Donner in 1999, Araújo had to flee Dili from violence by pro-Indonesian militias . One of the militiamen had pressed a pistol to his temple. When he returned, he found that his sports equipment had been completely destroyed. To exercise, he filled paint buckets with cement and attached them to metal bars. He also practiced with junk, like a truck gearbox.
See also
Web links
- Martinho de Araújo at the Institute for Applied Training Science . Retrieved May 11, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Martinho de Araújo in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on September 14, 2013
- ↑ a b A moment in the spotlight. In: Berliner Zeitung . September 18, 2000, accessed May 11, 2014 .
- ↑ Jere Longman: OLYMPICS; East Timor Athletes Enjoy Independence. In: The New York Times . September 9, 2000, accessed May 11, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Araújo, Martinho de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | East Timorese weightlifter and Olympian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dili , Portuguese Timor |