Malta at the 2022 Winter Olympics explained
| Noc: | MLT |
| Nocname: | Malta Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Winter Olympics |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Malta |
| Date: | 4–20 February 2022 |
| Location: | Beijing, China |
| Competitors: | 1 |
| Competitors Men: | 0 |
| Competitors Women: | 1 |
| Sports: | 1 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Jenise Spiteri |
| Flagbearer Close: | Volunteer |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
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]
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
| width=130 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|
| Snowboarding | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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Snowboarding
See main article: article, Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Malta qualified one female snowboarder in the halfpipe event.[7] [8] This will mark Malta's Winter Olympics debut in the sport.[9]
- Freestyle
Women
Non-competing sports
Alpine skiing
See main article: article, Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. 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]
Notes and References
- Web site: NOCs List Beijing 2022. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee. 26 January 2022.
- News: 4 February 2022. Which countries are competing in the Winter Olympics 2022? Full list. The Independent. London, United Kingdom. 16 February 2022.
- Web site: Jenise Spiteri to carry Maltese Flag at Beijing Winter Olympics. 18 January 2022. www.nocmalta.org/. Maltese Olympic Committee. 18 January 2022.
- Web site: Well done! Jenise Spiteri to represent Malta at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Galea. Emma. 18 January 2022. www.guidememalta.com/. GuideMeMalta. 18 January 2022.
- Web site: Beijing-2022 Opening Ceremony Flag-Bearers. 4 February 2022. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 4 February 2022.
- Web site: Beijing-2022 Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers. 20 February 2022. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 20 February 2022.
- News: Bishop. Adriana. 6 February 2022. Snowboarder Jenise Spiteri - When halfpipe dreams come true. Times of Malta. Birkirkara, Malta. 6 February 2022.
- Web site: SNOWBOARD QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022. 17 January 2022. www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 18 January 2022. 26 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211026165844/https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/owg/sb/2022. dead.
- News: 18 January 2022. Snowboarder Jenise Spiteri to represent Malta at the Winter Olympics. Times of Malta. Birkirkara, Malta. 26 January 2022. The America-based athlete could not hide her pride in becoming Malta’s first-ever snowboarder at the Beijing Games..
- Web site: ALPINE SKIING QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022 . 15 June 2021 . www.data.fis-ski.com/ . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 4 July 2021 . 9 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182408/https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/owg/al/2022 . dead .
