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
Cayenne, French Guiana, France
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
Medal record
Olympic Games
2004 Athens50 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
2005 Montreal100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
2006 Shanghai100 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
2004 Madrid100 m freestyle
2004 Madrid4×100 freestyle
2004 Madrid4×100 medley
2004 Madrid100 m butterfly
2006 Budapest4×100 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
2003 Dublin100 m freestyle
2004 Vienna100 m freestyle
2003 Dublin50 m freestyle
2004 Vienna100 m butterfly
2007 Debrecen4×50 m medley
Mediterranean Games
2001 Tunis100 m butterfly
2009 Pescara50 m freestyle
2009 Pescara4×100 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.