Highlights

Timor-Leste (East Timor) first sent athletes to the Paralympic Games in 2000 in Sydney where they competed as Individual Paralympic Athletes because the country was not yet recognised as a sovereign state. Formally recognised in 2002, East Timor made their official Paralympic debut in 2008 in Beijing with Lily COSTA SILVA competing in the powerlifting.

Anthem: Title

Patria

Anthem: Year of Induction

2002

Anthem: Composer

Music Afonso DE ARAUJO, words Francisco Borja DA COSTA

Official NPC name

Timor-Leste

NPC President's name

Mr. Juliao SOARES DA SILVA

NPC General Secretary's name

Mr. Julio SARMENTO LOPES

Year of first appearance in an Paralympic Games

2008

Number of appearances in Paralympic Games

2, including London 2012