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 ...

participated in the

2005 Southeast Asian Games The 2005 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 23rd Southeast Asian Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Manila, Philippines. This was the third time the Philippines hosted the games and its first time since 1991 S ...

held in multiple venues in the

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from November 27, 2005 to December 5, 2005. The chief of mission to the games was Antonio Ximenes.

Participation details

This was the second Southeast Asian Games in which the country had participated. East Timor won three bronze medals, all in

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. Elisabeth Yanti Almeida dos Santos had never played the sport previously before competing. The other medallists were Francisca Varela and Fortunato Soares. Arnis bronze medalist makes East Timor proud
- Manila Standard Today

Medalists

References

2005 in East Timorese sport

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Nations at the 2005 SEA Games {{SEAsianGames-stub