Malia Metella

Malia Metella

Personal information
Full name	Malia Metella
Nationality	France
Born	(1982-02-23) 23 February 1982 Cayenne, French Guiana, France
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	freestyle
Medal record Olympic Games Silver 2004 Athens[1] 50 freestyle World Championships Silver 2005 Montreal[2] 100 free European Championships Gold 2004 Madrid 100 free Gold 2004 Madrid 4×100 Free Relay Gold 2004 Madrid 4×100 Medley Relay Silver 2004 Madrid 100 fly Bronze 2006 Budapest 4x100 Free Relay SC Worlds Silver 2006 Shanghai[3] 100 free SC Europeans Gold 2003 Dublin 100 free Gold 2004 Vienna 100 free Silver 2003 Dublin 50 free Bronze 2004 Vienna 100 fly Bronze 2007 Debrecen 4x50 Medley Relay Mediterranean Games Gold 2001 Tunis 100 fly

Malia Metella (born 23 February 1982 in Cayenne, French Guiana)^[4] is a French Olympic freestyle swimmer from French Guiana. She swam for France at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, winning a silver medal in 2004 in the women's 50 free.

She won her first senior titles at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2003 in Dublin, Ireland.

Malia Metella (in lane 4) at the French Swimming Championships, Montpellier, 24 April 2009

Achievements

• 2001: SC European Championships

• 21st 50 m freestyle (25.89)
• 21st 100 m butterfly (1:01.91)

• 2003: SC European Championships

• 1st 100 m freestyle (53.15)
• 3rd 50 m freestyle (24.54)
• 4th 100 m butterfly (58.42)

• 2004: LC European Championships

• 1st 100 m freestyle (54.46)
• 2nd 100 m butterfly (58.78)
• 1st 4×100 m freestyle relay (3:40.67)
• 1st 4×100 m medley relay (4:05.96)

• 2004: Olympic Games

• 2nd 50 m freestyle (24.89)
• 4th 100 m freestyle (54.50)
• 5th 4×100 m free relay (3:40.23)

• 2004: SC European Championships

• 1st 100 m freestyle (53.37)
• 3rd 100 m butterfly (58.47)
• 4th 50 m freestyle (24.71)
• 4th 4×50 m free relay (1:39.68)
• 5th 4×50 m medley relay (1:51.28)

References