Aguida Amaral

Agueda Fatima Amaral ( born May 27, 1972) is an East Timorese marathon runner. She was the first East Timorese athletes who competed in the Olympics for the country. Amaral participated in the Summer Olympics in Sydney in 2000 and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Sporty

As Amaral after the race reached the stadium in Sydney, she dropped to her knees and kissed the ground. A competition judge knelt down to her and made Amaral point out that they had yet to run a game in the stadium. Among 45 participants who finished the race, Amaral reached the 43rd place with a time of 3:10:55 h

In the year before, she had had to flee her home with her ​​family in the mountains in the riots, the Indonesian militias had triggered during the vote on the independence of East Timor. When she returned, the house was ransacked - their only pair of running shoes was missing.

In Athens Amaral carried the flag of East Timor at the opening ceremony. She came in the marathon at No. 65 in 3:18:25 h

The first Dili Marathon 20 June 2010 Amaral was third with a time of 3:22:26 hours, 2011, she was fourth in 3:21:54 hrs.

Private

Amaral is married and the mother of four children. She is an officer safety with the government.