East Timor started competing in the Southeast Asian Games in

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of the games in Hanoi, Vietnam .In that year, they became the youngest nation to compete, having gained independence in the year 2002; although not being an ASEAN member and despite its geographical location closer to the Pacific archipelago than the Asian continent, making its debut at the games. East Timor never hosted the Southeast Asian Games and best finished that the country attained is in

2011 Southeast Asian Games The 2011 Southeast Asian Games, ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia Tenggara 2011) officially known as the 26th Southeast Asian Games, or the 26th SEA Games, and commonly known as Jakarta-Palembang 2011, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held from ...

when the country won the first gold medal by Julianto Pereira and Dorceyana Borgesenth. In

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they won 2 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 5 bronze medals marking their current best performance in the games.

Southeast Asian Games

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was the second Games in which the country had participated. East Timor won three bronze medals, all in Arnis. Elisabeth Yanti Almeida dos Santos had never played the sport previously before competing. The other medallists were Francisca Varela and Fortunato Soares. East Timor participated at the

which were held in the cities of

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and

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, Indonesia from 11 November 2011 to 22 November 2011. East Timor got its first ever gold medal since it joined the SEA Games. Arnis bronze medalist makes East Timor proud
- Manila Standard Today

Southeast Asian Games

Medals by Southeast Asian Games

Medals by Summer Sport

Medalist

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