Augusto Ramos Soares

Augusto Ramos Soares (born 22 August 1986 in Baucau, Timor Timur, Indonesia) is an East Timorese long distance runner. He represented his country in the marathon event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing in 84th place.^[1] He was also East Timor's flag-bearer at the 2012 Games.^[2]

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Augusto Ramos Soares
Personal information
Soares in the marathon at the 2012 Olympics in London
Born	(1986-08-22) 22 August 1986 (age 38) Baucau, Timor Timur, Indonesia
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	East Timor
Event	Marathon
College team	University of Timor Lorosae, Dili, TLS
Club	Sport Lauraran Benfica (SLB), Dili, TLS
Coached by	Antonio Dacosta from 2012 (Athlete, 24 Jul 2012)
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2012
Personal best(s)	Marathon;: 2:30.04 1500m: 4:11.35

He was inspired to run by a visit to his school by Aguida Amaral, East Timor's first Olympic athlete. His pre-Olympic personal best was 2:30:04.^[3] He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics but did not participate.^[4] He came second at the Dili Marathon in 2010 and 2011.^[5]^[6]

He competed for East Timor at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 1500 metres event. He finished 12th in his heat and did not qualify for the semifinals. However, he did run a personal best with a time of 4:11.35.^[7] He was the flag bearer for East Timor during the closing ceremony.^[8]

[1]
London Olympics 2012 Athlete profile Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
[2]
"LONDON 2012 Opening Ceremony - Flag Bearers" (PDF). www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
[3]
The Australian From the bottom of the leaderboard July 27 2012 Retrieved on August 7, 2012
[4]
"Off The Field - News - Olympics - smh.com.au". www.smh.com.au. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
[5]
"Timor-Leste Marathon: A Leap for Communities, Peace & Hope - Festivals - Sustainable Living, Tourism, Heritage". www.gaiadiscovery.com. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
[6]
"Dili Marathon 2011 // Results // eventdirector results". 2014-08-14. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
[7]
"Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
[8]
"The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-24.

Augusto Ramos Soares at World Athletics

Augusto Ramos Soares at Olympedia

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Augusto Ramos Soares
Personal information
Soares in the marathon at the 2012 Olympics in London
Born	(1986-08-22) 22 August 1986 (age 38) Baucau, Timor Timur, Indonesia
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	East Timor
Event	Marathon
College team	University of Timor Lorosae, Dili, TLS
Club	Sport Lauraran Benfica (SLB), Dili, TLS
Coached by	Antonio Dacosta from 2012 (Athlete, 24 Jul 2012)
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2012
Personal best(s)	Marathon;: 2:30.04 1500m: 4:11.35

[1]
London Olympics 2012 Athlete profile Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
[2]
"LONDON 2012 Opening Ceremony - Flag Bearers" (PDF). www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
[3]
The Australian From the bottom of the leaderboard July 27 2012 Retrieved on August 7, 2012
[4]
"Off The Field - News - Olympics - smh.com.au". www.smh.com.au. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
[5]
"Timor-Leste Marathon: A Leap for Communities, Peace & Hope - Festivals - Sustainable Living, Tourism, Heritage". www.gaiadiscovery.com. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
[6]
"Dili Marathon 2011 // Results // eventdirector results". 2014-08-14. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
[7]
"Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
[8]
"The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-24.

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