Timor-Leste 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.Individual Paralympic Athletes at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
Formally recognised in 2002, Timor-Leste participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics, but not in the Paralympics that same year. Timor-Leste, 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.East Timor at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
Timor-Leste has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics.Timor-Leste at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
Full results for Timor-Leste at the Paralympics NameGamesSportEventScoreRank Lily Costa Silva 2008 Beijing Powerlifting Women's up to 52 kg nmr nmr (unranked)Filomeno Soares 2012 London Athletics Men's 200 m T38 34.47 6th in heat 1;did not advance Men's 400 m T38 1:14.23 5th in heat 2;did not advance Antonio Mendonca 2016 Rio Athletics Men's 400 m T47 1:06.87 6th in heat 1;did not advance Domingas da Costa Women's 400 m T37 1:26.26 6th in heat 2;did not advanceTeofilo Freitas 2024 Paris Athletics Men's 400 m T38 55.18 7th Men's 1500 m T38 4:30.10 8th
See also Individual Paralympic Athletes at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Timor-Leste at the Olympics
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