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.
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Full name | Malia Metella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1982-02-23) 23 February 1982 (age 40) Cayenne, French Guyane, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
European champions in women's 100 m freestyle | |
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European champions in women's 4×100 m freestyle relay | |
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European champions in women's 4 × 100 m medley relay | |
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European short course champions in women's 100 m freestyle | |
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Mediterranean Games champions in Women's 50 m Freestyle | |
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Mediterranean Games champions in Women's 100 m Butterfly | |
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