Meet The Maltese Team Competing At The Paris Olympics 2024

The Maltese Olympic Committee has announced the team representing the island at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The team comprises five athletes competing in athletics, swimming, judo, and clay shooting.

Beppe Grillo, a 21-year-old athlete, will compete in the men’s 100m preliminary round. He has been involved in athletics since he was 14 and has trained at a semi-pro level for the past three years. Beppe holds the titles of current 100m and 200m National Champion.

Katryna Esposito will compete in the women’s Judo 48kg preliminary rounds at the iconic Champ de Mars. She began practicing judo in 2019 and has since excelled, winning gold at the European Games of Small States of Europe and the Commonwealth Championships held in Malta. Esposito also secured bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Malta’s only medal of the entire tournament.

Last year, Esposito was ranked 40th in the world before suffering a heartbreaking ACL injury. Following her operation, she has already climbed back to 55th in the world. Adding to her list of achievements, she was named Maltese Sportswoman of the Year in 2022 and has been national champion in her category and several others for a few years now.

Gianluca Chetcuti, one of Malta’s finest trap shooters, will participate in the Men’s Trap Qualification round in Paris. He has set and broken numerous records, becoming the first Maltese shooter to reach a final in an ISSF Trap World event. Gianluca will be one of the two athletes carrying the Maltese flag at the Opening Ceremony on the River Seine.

Nineteen-year-old Sasha Gatt will compete in the Women’s 1500m Freestyle Heats. This will be her second Games, having competed at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics as one of the youngest athletes on the Maltese team. Due to her impressive results, Sasha is Malta’s highest-ranked female swimmer. She will carry the Maltese flag alongside Gianluca Chetcuti at the opening ceremony.

Kyle Micallef will compete in the Men’s 50m Freestyle Heats. He began swimming at a very young age in Australia, where he grew up, and later in America to advance his studies and swimming career. Kyle joined the Maltese team in 2023 and won gold at the 2023 Games of the Small States of Europe.

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