Malia Metella

Malia Metella
Metella in lane 4 at the French swimming championships
Personal information
Full nameMalia Metella
Nationality France
Born (1982-02-23) 23 February 1982
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
Medal record
Olympic Games
2004 Athens 50 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
2005 Montreal 100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
2006 Shanghai 100 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
2004 Madrid 100 m freestyle
2004 Madrid 4×100 freestyle
2004 Madrid 4×100 medley
2004 Madrid 100 m butterfly
2006 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
2003 Dublin 100 m freestyle
2004 Vienna 100 m freestyle
2003 Dublin 50 m freestyle
2004 Vienna 100 m butterfly
2007 Debrecen 4×50 m medley
Mediterranean Games
2001 Tunis 100 m butterfly
2009 Pescara 50 m freestyle
2009 Pescara 4×100 m freestyle

Malia Metella (born 23 February 1982 in Cayenne, French Guiana) 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.

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.