XIMENES BELO Imelda

Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

Date of Birth: 24 Oct 1998

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 50m Freestyle

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 50m Freestyle - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (34.64)	H (1:18.03)
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (34.63)	H (1:19.52)

Asian Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	200Free	50Fly
2018	Indonesia	H (34.21)	H (1:16.91)	H (2:56.50)	H (39.57)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	100Free
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	H (1:23.07)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Indonesian

She began swimming at age 14 in Baucau, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. (straitstimes.com, 29 Jul 2017)

An International Swimming Federation [FINA] clinic came to her hometown and helped to train children four times a week at a local hotel. (straitstimes.com, 29 Jul 2017)

US swimmer Katie Ledecky. (straitstimes.com, 29 Jul 2017)

General Interest

General
TRAINING WITH CROCODILES
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic she was unable to train in a pool ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The Timor Leste National Olympic Committee [CONTL] secretary general Laurentino Guterres said she instead trained in the sea, where dangers can include saltwater crocodiles. "Timor Leste has suffered more than one COVID outbreak, and Edha has not been able to access a pool for some time," said Guterres. "Undaunted, she did dry land training and trained in the sea, and, yes, there are crocodiles but we understand they vary at different times of the year. With the most recent lockdown and then the horrendous rain and flooding, even that had to stop." (ocasia.org, 06 Jul 2021)

Milestones

She became the first Timor-Leste swimmer to compete at the Asian Games when she participated at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (AFP News Agency, 17 Aug 2018; SportsDeskOnline, 18 Jul 2021)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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