Malta sent a delegation to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. It was the country's third Winter Olympic appearance. Malta's athlete consisted of snowboarder Jenise Spiteri, who also carried the Maltese flag during the opening ceremony. She took part in the women's halfpipe and ranked 21. A volunteer was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.
Malta qualified one female snowboarder, Jenise Spiteri, in the halfpipe event.[9][10] This marked Malta's Winter Olympics debut in the sport.[11] Jenise Spiteri was 29 years old at the time of Beijing Games.[12] It had been a goal of Spiteri to compete in snowboarding at the Olympics.[13]
On 9 February 2022, Spiteri participated in women's halfpipe qualification round. In this round, each skier was given two runs, with the best of the two runs determining placement; the top 12 were allowed to advance.[14] In her first run, Spiteri scored 7.25 points, and a higher 25.25 points in her second run.[14] This put her in the 21st place and thus she did not qualify.[14]
By meeting the basic qualification standards, Malta qualified one female alpine skier.[15] That skier, Élise Pellegrin, Malta's only Winter Olympian before this edition, however, was not selected for the team due to lack of recent competition, meaning that her performance would not be of her usual standard.[1]
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