Malia Metella

Malia Metella

Metella in lane 4 at the French swimming championships
Personal information
Full name	Malia Metella
Nationality	France
Born	(1982-02-23) 23 February 1982 (age 43) Cayenne, French Guiana, France
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens [1] 50 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2005 Montreal [2] 100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2006 Shanghai [3] 100 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 2004 Madrid 100 m freestyle 2004 Madrid 4×100 freestyle 2004 Madrid 4×100 medley 2004 Madrid 100 m butterfly 2006 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 2003 Dublin 100 m freestyle 2004 Vienna 100 m freestyle 2003 Dublin 50 m freestyle 2004 Vienna 100 m butterfly 2007 Debrecen 4×50 m medley Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunis 100 m butterfly 2009 Pescara 50 m freestyle 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.

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

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.