Timor-Leste at the Paralympics

Timor-Leste at the Paralympics
Flag of East Timor
IPC code	TLS
NPC	Comité Paralimpico Nacional de Timor-Leste
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer appearances
2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Individual Paralympic Athletes (2000)

East Timor first sent competitors to the Paralympic Games for the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney. The country at that time administered by the United Nations, and its athletes participated as "Individual Paralympic Athletes". There were only two: Alcino Pereira in track & field, in the men's 5,000m race (T38 category); and Mateus Lukas in men's powerlifting, in the up to 48 kg category. Pereira failed to complete his race, while Lukas lifted 105 kg, finishing 13th and last of the athletes who successfully lifted a weight in his category.[1]

Formally recognised in 2002, East Timor participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics, but not in the Paralympics that same year. East Timor, as such, made its Paralympic Games début at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, with a single representative (Lily Costa Silva) in powerlifting. Competing in the women's up to 52 kg category, Costa Silva failed to successfully lift a weight, and did not record a mark.[2]

East Timor has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics.[3]

Full results for East Timor at the Paralympics

Name	Games	Sport	Event	Score	Rank
Lily Costa Silva	2008 Beijing	Powerlifting	Women's up to 52 kg	nmr	nmr (unranked)

See also

• Individual Paralympic Athletes at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
• East Timor at the Olympics

References

1. Individual Paralympic Athletes at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
2. East Timor at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
3. East Timor at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee