Malta has competed in 17
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...
and 3
Winter Olympic Games, but hasn’t won a medal yet.
As of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games no Maltese competitor has won an Olympic medal, but shooter
William Chetcuti
William Chetcuti (born 7 January 1985) is a Maltese sport shooter who specializes in the double trap. He won the 2011 World Cup event in Beijing and the 2004 European Junior Championship where he set what is still a world record. He was the firs ...
(who has won World Championship events) missed the
Double Trap Shooting final in 2004, 2008 and 2012 by a relatively slim margin. In 2004 and 2008 Chetcuti was tied for 6th (the required placing to enter the final), but lost at a tie breaker.
Elise Pellegrin is the first Winter Olympian to represent the country, in
2014 Winter Olympics
, ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'')
, nations = 88
, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
, closing = 23 February 2014
, opened_by = President Vladimir Putin
, cauldron =
, stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
in
Sochi
Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...
.
Prior to that, Malta was the only member of the
European Olympic Committees that hadn't participated at the Winter Olympics.
The Maltese Olympic Committee was formed in 1928 and recognized by the IOC in 1936.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
* 1928-1960 ''As''
Crown Colony of Malta
Medals by Winter Games
See also
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:Olympic competitors for Malta
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Malta at the Paralympics
References
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