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Timorese swimmer (born 1998)

Imelda Felicyta Ximenes Belo
Personal information
NationalityTimorese
Born (1998-10-24) 24 October 1998 (age 26)
Sport
CountryEast Timor
SportSwimming
EventWomen's 50m freestyle

Imelda Felicyta Ximenes Belo (born 24 October 1998) is a Timorese swimmer in freestyle and butterfly races. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, representing East Timor.

Career

Ximenes began swimming at the age of 14 in her hometown of Baucau, when a group from FINA came to teach local children in a hotel pool. She has competed in Swimming World Championships in 2017, 2018, and 2019. In 2018 she became the first swimmer from Timor–Leste to compete at the Asian Games. She has yet to advance past the heats in international competition. During the COVID-19 pandemic, pools were closed and Ximenes instead swam in the sea until flooding outbreaks prevented this.

References

  1. "Imelda Felicyta XIMENES BELO | Swimcloud". Swimcloud. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. "Imelda XIMENES BELO | Results | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. "Swimming XIMENES BELO Imelda". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

External links

Olympic Games
Preceded byFrancelina Cabral Flagbearer for  Timor-Leste
(with Felisberto de Deus)
Tokyo 2020 		Succeeded byIncumbent


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