Gil da Cruz Trindade (born 1 March 1982) is an

athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

from

East Timor Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island's northwest, and ...

. He was the first, along with

Aguida Amaral Aguida (or Agueda) Amaral (born 27 May 1972) is an East Timorese athlete. She was one of the first athletes to represent East Timor at the Olympic Games, and the first woman to represent the nation, when she ran the marathon at the 2000 Summer ...

, to represent

East Timor at the Olympics Timor-Leste competes at the Olympics under its official name, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, since 2004, with its National Olympic Committee established in 2003. From 1976 until 1996, it competed as part of Indonesia and in 2000 competed as pa ...

, competing in the marathon of the

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in Athens, Greece. Trindade entered the race at the invitation of the

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, who sent him $250 and a plane ticket to Greece. While his only wish was to finish the race,Timorense só quer acabar a maratona
Trindade failed to finish the marathon.

Achievements

*All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

References

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* 1982 births Living people East Timorese male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Timor-Leste East Timorese male marathon runners {{EastTimor-athletics-bio-stub