Olympic Summer Games 2008 / Participant (East Timor)
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East Timor participatedwith two athletesin the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing .
After 2004 it was the second participation of a national team from East Timor in the Summer Olympics . Previously, East Timorese athletes had already participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as Independent Olympians .
Flag bearer
The marathon runner Mariana Dias Ximenes carried the East Timor flag during the opening ceremony.
Participants by sport
Athletes from the disciplines boxing , weightlifting and taekwondo could not compete due to lack of money.
athletics
- Women: Mariana Dias Ximenes (marathon): Goal not achieved.
- Men: Augusto Ramos Soares (marathon): Did not come to the games.
Individual evidence
- ↑ smh.com.au, August 18, 2008, Foot fault scupper's East Timor's Olympic dream
- ↑ 2008 Beijing Summer Olympicy ( Memento from January 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
