Malta at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Malta at the Olympic Games
Flag of Malta IOC code  MLT NOC Malta Olympic Committee Website www.nocmalta.org
At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
Competitors	1 in 1 sport
Flag bearer	Élise Pellegrin (opening[1][2] and closing)[3]
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
2014

Malta competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. Malta made its debut at the Winter Olympics.^[4][5][6]

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	0	1	1
Total	0	1	1

Alpine skiing

According to the final quota allocation released on January 20, 2014 Malta had qualified one athlete.^[7] Élise Pellegrin's great-grandfather had moved to France from Malta, giving her the opportunity to compete for the country.^[4] On February 18, Pellegrin finished the giant slalom race in 65th position (out of 67 skiers who completed both runs).^[8] On February 21, she finished the slalom race in 42nd position (out of 49 skiers who completed both runs).^[9]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elise 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

References

1. Thiriau, Clément (30 December 2013). "Une skieuse vosgienne aux JO sous les couleurs de... Malte !". http://www.magnumlaradio.com/ (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2014.
2. "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). http://www.olympic.org/. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
3. "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). February 23, 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
4. Ameen, Juan (31 January 2013). "Malta gets a Winter Olympian". The Times (Malta). Retrieved 5 January 2014.
5. "Malta skier Pellegrin in action on February 18". The Times (Malta). 8 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
6. "Maltese flag debuts in Winter Olympics". Xinhua (Valletta, Malta: People's Daily). 8 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
7. "Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
8. "Malta makes its Winter Games debut today:Elise Pellegrin finishes in bottom places". The Malta Independent. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
9. "Sochi 2014: Women's slalom results". BBC. Retrieved 1 March 2014.

External links

• Malta at the 2014 Olympics