Calisto da Costa

Calisto da Costa (born 6 February 1979)[1] is an East Timorese athlete. He was one of the first athletes to represent East Timor at the Olympic Games, when he competed at the Men's Marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics 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.[2] 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.[3][4] He finished in 71st place at 2:33:11.[1]

Calisto da Costa
Personal information
Born (1979-02-06) 6 February 1979
Dili, Dili, Timor Timur, Indonesia (now Timor Leste)
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
CountryEast Timor
Event(s)Marathon
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2000
Personal best(s)Marathon;: 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,[5] and in the 2011 New York City Marathon where he finished 276th place at 2:46:04.[6]

References
  1. "Calisto da Costa". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 14 August 2014.
  2. The Australian From the bottom of the leaderboard July 27 2012 Retrieved on August 14, 2014
  3. "Ramos running toward Olympics". AP. Darwin, Australia: canoe.ca. 15 August 2000. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  4. "East Timor athletes qualify for Olympics". AP. Dili, East Timor. 20 August 2000. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  5. Dili-Marathon Archived August 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Timorese runners in the 2011 ING New York City Marathon". davidontheglobe. Etan.org. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2014.


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