Malta at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Malta at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Malta at the; 2022 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Malta
CGF code	MLT
CGA	Maltese Olympic Committee
Website	nocmalta.org
in Birmingham, England; 28 July 2022 – 8 August 2022
Competitors	29 (13 men and 16 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearers	Kijan Sultana; Tenishia Thornton
Medals; Ranked 40th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Malta competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England between 28 July and 8 August 2022. It was Malta's fourteenth appearance at the Games.^[1]

On 12 July 2022, the Maltese Olympic Committee announced a team of 29 athletes (13 men and 16 women) competing in nine sports.^[2] Squash athlete Kijan Sultana and weightlifter Tenishia Thornton were the country's opening ceremony flagbearers.^[3]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Katryna Esposito	Judo	Women's -48kg	1 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	0	4	4
Badminton	2	0	2
Cycling	1	0	1
Judo	1	1	2
Lawn bowls	4	4	8
Squash	2	2	4
Triathlon	1	1	2
Weightlifting	0	4	4
Wrestling	2	0	2
Total	13	16	29

Athletics

A squad of four athletes was announced on 12 July 2022.^[2]^[4]

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Carla Scicluna	100 m	11.89	6	Did not advance
Charlotte Wingfield	200 m	24.47	4 q	24.52	8	Did not advance
Janet Richard	400 m	54.51	6	Did not advance
Claire Azzopardi Janet Richard Carla Scicluna Charlotte Wingfield	4 × 100 m relay	45.59	5	—		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Claire Azzopardi	Long jump	5.76	16	Did not advance

Badminton

A squad of two players was announced on 12 July 2022.^[2]^[4]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Matthew Abela	Men's singles	Lin (AUS) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Samuel Cassar	Men's singles	Bye	Abeywickrama (SRI) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Matthew Abela Samuel Cassar	Men's doubles	—	Attama & Mwanbu (UGA) W 2 - 0	Schueler & Tang (AUS) L 0 - 2	Did not advance

Cycling

One cyclist (Aiden Buttigieg) was officially selected as of 12 July 2022.^[2]^[4]

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Aidan Buttigieg	Road race	3:37:20	60
Aidan Buttigieg	Time trial	56:05.93	36

Judo

A squad of two judoka was announced on 12 July 2022.^[2]^[4]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Isaac Bezzina	Men's -100 kg	Thompson (ENG) L 00 - 01	Did not advance				9
Katryna Esposito	Women's -48 kg	Bye	Platten (ENG) L 00 - 10	Did not advance	Barnikel (WAL) W 10 - 00	Morand (MRI) W 10 - 00

Lawn bowls

A squad of eight bowlers was selected on 28 April 2022.^[5]^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Shaun Parnis Troy Lorimer Peter Ellul	Triples	Scotland (SCO) L 6 - 28	New Zealand (NZL) W 22 - 12	India (IND) T 16 - 16	—	2 Q	Fiji (FIJ) L 14 - 15	Did not advance
Peter Ellul Troy Lorimer Mark Malogorski Shaun Parnis	Fours	Scotland (SCO) L 9 - 17	Jersey (JEY) L 11 - 19	South Africa (RSA) W 19 - 15	New Zealand (NZL) L 13 - 14	5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Connie Rixon Rebecca Rixon	Pairs	Norfolk Island (NFK) L 18 - 21	Guernsey (GGY) T 17 - 17	Malaysia (MAS) L 16 - 20	Cook Islands (COK) L 15 - 22	5	Did not advance
Irene Attard Connie Rixon Rebecca Rixon Rose Rixon	Fours	Northern Ireland (NIR) L 10 - 16	Norfolk Island (NFK) L 12 - 16	Malaysia (MAS) L 6 - 22	—	4	Did not advance

Squash

A squad of four players was announced on 12 July 2022.^[2]^[4]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Niall Engerer	Men's singles	Sultana (MLT) W 3 - 1	Coll (NZL) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Kijan Sultana	Men's singles	Engerer (MLT) L 1 - 3	Did not advance
Colette Sultana	Women's singles	Bye	Turnbull (AUS) L 1 - 3	Did not advance
Lijana Sultana	Women's singles	Knaggs (TTO) W 3 - 2	Naughton (CAN) L 0 - 3	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kijan Sultana Niall Engerer	Men's doubles	Jervis / Stafford (CAY) W 2 - 1	Willstrop / James (ENG) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Lijana Sultana Colette Sultana	Women's doubles	Haywood / Best (BAR) L 1 - 2	Did not advance
Niall Engerer Colette Sultana	Mixed doubles	Evans / Makin (WAL) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Lijana Sultana Kijan Sultana	Mixed doubles	Kennedy / Rooney (ENG) L 0 - 2	Did not advance

Triathlon

A squad of two triathletes was announced on 12 July 2022.^[2]^[4]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750 m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total	Rank
Keith Galea	Men's	10:37	1:11	30:19	0:28	19:05	1:01:40	31
Danica Bonello Spiteri	Women's	11:16	1:09	33:04	0:31	21:21	1:07:21	25

Weightlifting

Courtesy of their positions on the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List (which was finalised on 9 March 2022), a squad of four weightlifters was officially selected on 23 April 2022.^[7]^[8]

Women

Athlete	Event	Weight lifted		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & jerk	Total	Rank
Tenishia Thornton	59 kg	78	100	178	8
Yasmin Zammit Stevens	64 kg	83	103	186	6
Roberta Tabone	71 kg	86	105	191	8
Elisia Scicluna	+87 kg	80	105	185	10

Wrestling

A squad of two wrestlers was announced on 12 July 2022.^[2]^[4]

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gary Giordmaina	Men's -57 kg	Holland (AUS) W 8 - 4	Capellan (CAN) L 2 - 12	Did not advance			7
Adam Vella	Men's -65 kg	Ullah (PAK) L 0 - 10	Did not advance				12

References

^ "Chef de Mission | Malta". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. 9 November 2021. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Team Malta for Birmingham XXII Commonwealth Games Announced". MOC. 12 July 2022. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^ Camilleri, Valhmor (12 July 2022). "Sultana, Thornton named flagbearers as MOC name team for Commonwealths". Times of Malta. Birkirkara, Malta. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Camilleri, Valhmor (12 July 2022). "Sultana, Thornton named flagbearers as MOC name contingent for Commonwealths". SportsDesk. Allied Newspapers Ltd. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
^ "Lawn Bowls Team for Birmingham Commonwealth Games Announced". MOC. 28 April 2022. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ Vella-Galea, Maria (29 April 2022). "Maltese Olympic Committee name lawn bowls team for Birmingham Commonwealth Games". SportsDesk. Allied Newspapers Ltd. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ "Maltese Weightlifters book their berth at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games". MOC. 23 April 2022. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
^ Camilleri, Valhmor (23 April 2022). "Maltese weightlifters book their berth at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games". SportsDesk. Allied Newspapers Ltd. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

External links

Maltese Olympic Committee Official site

[1] "Chef de Mission | Malta". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. 9 November 2021. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

[team-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Team Malta for Birmingham XXII Commonwealth Games Announced". MOC. 12 July 2022. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

[3] Camilleri, Valhmor (12 July 2022). "Sultana, Thornton named flagbearers as MOC name team for Commonwealths". Times of Malta. Birkirkara, Malta. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

[ossd-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Camilleri, Valhmor (12 July 2022). "Sultana, Thornton named flagbearers as MOC name contingent for Commonwealths". SportsDesk. Allied Newspapers Ltd. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[5] "Lawn Bowls Team for Birmingham Commonwealth Games Announced". MOC. 28 April 2022. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

[6] Vella-Galea, Maria (29 April 2022). "Maltese Olympic Committee name lawn bowls team for Birmingham Commonwealth Games". SportsDesk. Allied Newspapers Ltd. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

[7] "Maltese Weightlifters book their berth at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games". MOC. 23 April 2022. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

[8] Camilleri, Valhmor (23 April 2022). "Maltese weightlifters book their berth at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games". SportsDesk. Allied Newspapers Ltd. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

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