Malia Metella

Malia Metella
Metella in lane 4 at the French swimming championships
Personal information
Full nameMalia Metella
Nationality France
Born (1982-02-23) 23 February 1982 (age 42)
Cayenne, French Guiana, France
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens[1] 50 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2005 Montreal[2] 100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2006 Shanghai[3] 100 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2004 Madrid 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2004 Madrid 4×100 freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2004 Madrid 4×100 medley
Silver medal – second place 2004 Madrid 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2003 Dublin 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2004 Vienna 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2003 Dublin 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Vienna 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Debrecen 4×50 m medley
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunis 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pescara 4×100 m freestyle

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.

Her younger brother Mehdy Metella is also a world-class swimmer.

  1. ^ "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". CNN. Archived from the original on 14 August 2004. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
  2. ^ "Montreal 2005 Results". Archived from the original on 28 January 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2007.
  3. ^ "Shanghai 2006 results". Archived from the original on 6 March 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
  4. ^ Metella's entry from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2 August 2011.