East Timor
East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...
competes at the Olympics under its official name, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, since 2004, with its
National Olympic Committee
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established in 2003. From 1976 until 1996, it competed as part of
Indonesia
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and in 2000 competed as part of the Individual Olympic Athletes team. East Timor has yet to win its first medal.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
Medals by Winter Games
See also
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List of flag bearers for East Timor at the Olympics
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East Timor at the Paralympics
East Timor first sent competitors to the Paralympic Games for the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney. The country at that time was not yet recognised as a sovereign state, and its athletes participated as " Individual Paralympic Athletes". There were on ...
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Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
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Olympics
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
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