Calisto da Costa (born 6 February 1979)
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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-west ...
ese
athlete. He was
one of the first athletes to represent East Timor at the
Olympic Games
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, when he competed at the
Men's Marathon at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
in
Sydney, though he technically competed as an individual athlete because East Timor was newly independent and had not yet been formally recognized by the
International Olympic Committee
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. Costa was one of the ten East Timorese athletes who received training in
Darwin, Northern Territory prior to his participation in the Sydney Olympic Games. He finished in 71st place at 2:33:11.
Besides competing in the 2000 Summer Olympics, Costa also competed in the Dili-Marathon where he finished 3rd place at 2:34:52, and in the
2011 New York City Marathon where he finished 276th place at 2:46:04.
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1979 births
Living people
East Timorese male long-distance runners
Olympic athletes for East Timor
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
People from Dili
East Timorese male marathon runners
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