Sport in East Timor
Sport in East Timor suffers mainly due to a permanent shortage of money. Athletes are sometimes missing the simplest exercise equipment to exercise their discipline. First time in 2011 succeeded the East Timorese athletes at the Southeast Asian Games to celebrate international successes.
- 2.1 The Olympic Games
- 2.2 Paralympics
- 2.3 South East Asia Games
- 2.4 Jogos da Lusofonia
- 2.5 International Competitions in East Timor
Sports
The most popular sport in East Timor is football. Furthermore, East Timorese athletes are regularly in the marathon and boxes active. Many young people operate martial arts, of which there is also a traditional form in East Timor. Widely used is the tradition of cock fight in which even money bet.
Football
The U23 team won the first East Timorese national football team on November 5, 2011, a match against the selection of Brunei 2-1. The East Timorese national football team has long been international matches unsuccessful. It was not until 2012 get the first victory against Cambodia and Laos in the ASEAN Football Championship in 2012. Timor is a member of FIFA since September 2005. The most famous player and captain of the team is Alfredo Esteves from Wollongong FC ( formerly of the Minnesota Thunder ).
From April 29 to May 2, 2010, the Timor Sea Cup was held in Dili, in which teams from Dili, Kupang (Indonesia) and Darwin ( Australia) participated.
Martial Arts
Some East Timorese youth gangs emerge as Martial Arts on clubs. A study from 2006 indicates the number of members alone for 15 to 20 large martial arts groups with 20,000, an estimated 90,000 more will be non-registered members. That would mean that 70 % of young Timorese men pursue martial arts. Due to the high levels of violence between the gangs in 2008 a law was passed that the operation of martial arts heavily regulated. The National Martial Arts Association called Association for Martial Arts Timor- Leste ( Festil ).
Horse racing
There are annual horse race in Tasitolu.
Cycling
Every year, the Tour de Timor will take place, which is considered one of the toughest mountain bike race in the world. The first race took place from 24 to 28 August 2009 to mark the tenth anniversary of the independence referendum of 1999, led more than 450 kilometers. Nearly 300 cyclists from 15 countries competed, including 25 from East Timor and two German. 2010, there were 340 riders from 16 nations.
Marathon
In addition to boxing and weightlifting, the marathon was the discipline in East Timor, nor as independent, with its own athletes participated in the Olympic Games. An international competition run in East Timor On 20 June 2010 the Dili Marathon for the first time instead of the won in the men's Kenyan Philemon Rotich, among women the Australian Lucie Hardiman. Also, East Timorese athletes occupied top positions. 2011 won a Osttimoresin the Dili Marathon for women.
International competitions
Olympic games
João Viegas Carrascalão was until 2010 Chairman of the National Olympic Committee ( Comitê Olímpico Nacional de Timor- Leste COTL ). In followed 31 July 2010 José Luís Guterres.
The first time took East Timor at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in part with two athletes and four officials. Gil da Cruz Trindade competed in the marathon, but did not reach the goal. Agueda Amaral reached the 65th place in the women's marathon. Earlier, East Timorese athletes had participated as Independent Olympic Participants at the Summer Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney. Calisto da Costa came the men's marathon at No. 71, Agueda Amaral for women number 43 In boxing ( men up to 60 kg ) defeated Victor Ramos in his first fight the Ghanaians Raymond Narh.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing drove the marathon runner Mariana Diaz Ximenez as the only athlete. More athletes in boxing, weightlifting and Taekwondo could not compete due to lack of funds. At the Government Palace in Dili a canvas for public viewing was set for the population. Children had there the possibility to try different sports. Ximenez did not reach the target in the marathon.
At the 2012 Olympic Games in London Juventina Napoleão and Augusto Ramos Soares took part in the marathon for East Timor. Both runners crossed the finish line, Napoleão than 106, Soares 84th.
Born in France Yohan Goutt Goncalves will participate in the first East Timorese to Sochi Winter Olympic Games. He will participate in the Alpine Skiing Competition.
Paralympics
At the Paralympics in Beijing in 2008 stood as one of eleven athletes Domingos Sarmento Soares in wheelchair tennis. For this, however, had to borrow a wheelchair in Beijing, the 29 -year-old. Three athletes took part in the weightlifting. Other disciplines with East Timorese athletes were marathon and table tennis.
Chairman of the National Paralympic Association Julião Soares da Silva.
Southeast Asia Games
In 2003, East Timor part in the 22th Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam, again without winning a medal. The equipment of the athletes borrowed other participants from the Timorese, such as Malaysia. Among other things, participated in the karate competitions. In the second ASEAN Para Games in Hanoi East Timor won his first bronze medal at a major international sporting event. In the 3rd ASEAN Para Games in Manila East Timor in 2005 was again empty-handed, but in the 9th FESPIC Games, the Asian Games for the disabled, Ines Fatima Oliveira Pires won the table tennis women's bronze medal.
2005 won at the 23th Southeast Asian Games in Manila Elisabeth Yanti Almeida dos Santos, Francisca Varela and Soares Fortunato bronze for East Timor.
2007 was seen in the South East Asia Games in Thailand again the acute shortage of financial resources for the East Timorese athletes. Thailand funded 15 athletes and three officials to travel to the games in which it participates in competitions in tennis, taekwondo and karate. But for example, had the tennis player José do Jesus does not even own racket and therefore no match practice.
In the 25th Southeast Asian Games 2009 in Vientiane won bronze for East Timor Oriando dos Santos Alves Almeida and Soarescorreia Kumite.
In the Southeast Asia Games 2011 in Palembang Luisa Dos Santos won bronze in taekwondo. Finally, there was the first gold and silver medals for East Timor. In Kempo Karate Julianto Pereira and Dorceyana Borges won gold ( Kyu Kenshi ) and Fidelia Da Costa and Domingos Savio Silver ( Kumi Embu ). There were five other Brinzemedaillen in Kempo Karate and Taekwondo.
Jogos da Lusofonia
In the first Jogos da Lusofonia 2006 in Macau East Timor took part in the following competitions: basketball, football, futsal, 800 m Men, 3000 meters men 5000 meters men and women, taekwondo, volleyball and beach volleyball. The Futsal team was defeated by Portugal with 56:0 and 76:0 of Brazil. Counter Macau defeat was significantly less with 13:4. The extreme results led to discussion about whether stricter selection criteria for the next Jogos da Lusofonia to be introduced. In the other competitions, the East Timorese athletes were able to record a single victory. The womens volleyball team still won the bronze medal, as only three teams participated in this competition.
In the Jogos da Lusofonia 2009 East Timor landed again on the rear seats of the national rankings.
International Competitions in East Timor
For some time, various international sporting competitions in East Timor are organized with the support of the government. In addition to the cycling race Tour de Timor, these are, for example, an international sports fishing competition on Atauro ( 27 to 30 November 2009), the football tournament Timor Sea Cup 2010 ( 29 April-2 May 2010), the Dili Marathon, and the sailing regatta Darwin Dili Yacht Rally ( from 3 July 2010).