Malta at the 2022 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | MLT |
NOC | Malta Olympic Committee |
Website |
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in
Beijing, China 4–20 February 2022 | |
Competitors | 1 (0 men and 1 woman) in 1 sport |
Flag bearer (opening) | Jenise Spiteri |
Flag bearer (closing) | Volunteer |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances ( overview) | |
Malta competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. [1] [2]
Malta's athlete consisted of snowboarder Jenise Spiteri, who also carried the Maltese flag during the opening ceremony. [3] [4] [5] Meanwhile a volunteer was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony. [6]
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Snowboarding | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Malta qualified one female snowboarder in the halfpipe event. [7] [8] This will mark Malta's Winter Olympics debut in the sport. [9]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best/Total | Rank | ||
Jenise Spiteri | Halfpipe | 7.25 | 25.25 | 25.25 | 21 | did not advance |
By meeting the basic qualification standards, Malta qualified one female alpine skier. [10] 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. [3]
The America-based athlete could not hide her pride in becoming Malta's first-ever snowboarder at the Beijing Games.