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| Nationality | Maltese | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 June 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sasha Gatt (born 22 June 2005) is a Maltese swimmer. [1] [2] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Women's 400 m freestyle, and Women's 1500 m freestyle. [3] She also competed in the women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary. [4]
On the 12 December, 2020, Gatt qualified at age 15 for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics for the 1500m freestyle race with a time of 17:00.28. Later, on the 6 June, 2021 Sasha Gatt also qualified for the 400m freestyle race at a time of 4:18.58.
Gatt was in heat 2, lane 7 for the 400m freestyle race. [5] With the time of 4:19.75, she finished 6th in her heat and 22nd in the event. The next day, she swam in the women's 1500m freestyle race. [6] Gatt finished third out of three in her heat, with a time of 16:57.47, which was her PB. [7]
In July 2024, Gatt was one of five athletes who represented Malta during the 2024 Paris Olympics. [8] She together with Gianluca Chetcuti carried the Maltese flag during the opening ceremony. [9] She competed in the 1500m freestyle heats at the Paris Olympics and later tested positive for COVID-19. She finished a distant third with a time of 17.00.54. [10]
