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Malta at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Malta at the
2014 Winter Olympics
IOC codeMLT
NOCMalta Olympic Committee
Websitewww.nocmalta.org
in Sochi
7–23 February 2014
Competitors1 in 1 sport
Flag bearers Élise Pellegrin (opening[1][2]
and closing[3])
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Malta sent a delegation to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014, with one competitor, alpine skier Élise Pellegrin. This was Malta's debut at the Winter Olympics. Pellegrin was designated as the flag bearer for both the parade of nations during the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony. She took part in the women's giant slalom and the women's slalom, and her best result was 42nd in the women's slalom.

Background

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Malta first sent a delegation to compete in the Summer Olympics in the 1928 Amsterdam Games. They have competed in most Summer Olympics since, missing the Olympics only in five occasions between 1928 and 2016. These were in 1932, 1952, 1956, 1964, and 1976. In spite of this, the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, held from 7 to 23 February 2014, was their Winter Olympics debut.[4][5][6][7] Élise Pellegrin was the only competitor sent to the Sochi games,[8] and she would also be the only competitor in the designation sent to Pyeongchang in 2018.[9] As the only athlete, Pellegrin was chosen as the flag bearer for both the parade of nations during the opening ceremony,[5] and the closing ceremony.[6] In Sochi, Malta was one of 18 countries who only had one representative in the Games.[5]

Competitors

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Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 0 1 1
Total 0 1 1[7]

Alpine skiing

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Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification
Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort, where the alpine skiing events were held.

According to the final quota allocation released on January 20, 2014 Malta had qualified one athlete.[10] Born in France, Élise Pellegrin has Maltese citizenship because her great-grandfather was Malta-born, giving her the opportunity to compete for the country.[4] Before the competition, Pellegrin said, "I'm really excited and proud to represent Malta – my roots are from there and it's very important to me".[4] Her mother cried "tears of happiness" when Pellegrin announced she was going to represent Malta.[4] On February 18, Pellegrin finished the giant slalom race in 65th position out of 67 skiers who completed both runs.[11] On February 21, she finished the slalom race in 42nd position out of 49 skiers who completed both runs.[12]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Élise Pellegrin Women's giant slalom 1:36.85 72 1:36.27 64 3:13.12 65
Women's slalom 1:07.10 52 1:02.73 39 2:09.83 42

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Thiriau, Clément (30 December 2013). "Une skieuse vosgienne aux JO sous les couleurs de... Malte !". magnumlaradio.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d Ameen, Juan (31 January 2013). "Malta gets a Winter Olympian". The Times (Malta). Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  5. ^ a b c "Malta skier Pellegrin in action on February 18". The Times (Malta). 8 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Maltese flag debuts in Winter Olympics". Xinhua. Valletta, Malta: People's Daily. 8 February 2014. Archived from the original on 13 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Malta". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Malta at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Olympedia – Malta at the 2018 Winter Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 20 January 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  11. ^ "Malta makes its Winter Games debut today:Elise Pellegrin finishes in bottom places". The Malta Independent. 18 February 2014. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  12. ^ "Sochi 2014: Women's slalom results" Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. BBC. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
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