Timor-Leste at the 2016 Summer Olympics
| Timor-Leste at the 2016 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | TLS | ||||||||
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of East Timor | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 3 in 2 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Francelina Cabral | ||||||||
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 Indonesia (1984–1996) Independent Olympic Athletes (2000) |
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Timor-Leste (commonly known as the East Timor) competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Three athletes, one man and two women, were selected to the East Timorese roster for the Games, competing only in athletics and mountain biking (the nation's Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro). Among them were middle-distance runners Nélia Martins and Augusto Ramos Soares, the lone male and returning Olympian, and mountain biker Francelina Cabral, who eventually became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
Timor-Leste, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.
Timor-Leste has received universality slots from IAAF to send two athletes (one male and one female) to the Olympics.
Timor-Leste has received an invitation from Tripartite Commission to send a mountain biker for the women's Olympic cross-country race, signifying the nation's debut in the sport outside of athletics. Previously, two East Timorese athletes competed in weightlifting and boxing under the Olympic flag while awaiting recognition of their national Olympic Committee.
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