East Timor competes in the Southeast Asian Games since the 2003 of the games in Hanoi, Vietnam where they are the youngest Nation to compete, which had just gained independence in 2002; although not being an ASEAN member and despite its geographical location closer to the Pacific archipelago than the Asian continent, making its debut at the games. East Timor never hosted the Southeast Asian Games and best finished that the coutry attained is in 2011 Southeast Asian Games when the country won the first Gold medal by Julianto Pereira and Dorceyana Borgesenth. In 2013 Southeast Asian Games they won 2 Gold Medals, 3 Silver Medals and 5 Bronze Medals and is their current best performance in the games.
