2000 Summer Olympics / Independent Olympian

IOA

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From East Timor were in the Summer Olympics in 2000 in Sydney four athletes as independent Olympic athletes at the start.

background

After the residents of East Timor had voted for independence in a referendum on August 30, 1999 and the country was then placed under UN administration , the International Olympic Committee wanted the country's athletes - even before the East Timorese National Olympic Committee was founded enable participation in the Summer Games. Instead of a national flag , Victor Ramos carried the Olympic flag at the opening ceremony .

The Canadian Frank Fowlie acted as trainer and team manager .

The four athletes in the delegation competed in three sports.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Victor Ramos

  Men, lightweight - 60 kg: eliminated in round 1 against Raymond Narh from Ghana

Weightlifting

• Martinho de Araújo

  Men, bantam weight - 56 kg: Final: 157.5 kg (R: 67.5 kg, S: 90 kg) (→ 20.)

athletics

• Agueda Amaral

  Women, marathon: final, 3:10:55 h (→ 43rd)

• Calisto da Costa

  Men, marathon: final, 2:33:11 h (→ 71.)

See also

• Sports in East Timor
• History of East Timor

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Berliner Zeitung: A Moment in the Spotlight , September 18, 2000 , accessed on September 14, 2013