Malta at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Malta competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1]

Malta at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Malta
CGF code	MLT
CGA	Malta Olympic Committee
Website	www.nocmalta.org
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	24 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Gary Giordimaina
Medals Ranked 37th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1958 1962 1966 1970 1974–1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Malta's team consisted of 25 athletes (15 men and 10 women) that competed in eight sports.^[2] However, only 24 athletes (14 men and 10 women) competed.

Wrestler Gary Giordimaina was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[3]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Sharon Callus Connie-Leigh Rixon Rebecca Rixon Rosemaree Rixon	Lawn bowls	Women's Fours	April 9
Bronze	Brian Galea	Shooting	Men's Trap	April 14

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics (track and field)	2	1	3
Cycling	2	0	2
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Lawn bowls	2	4	6
Shooting	4	1	5
Squash	2	2	4
Weightlifting	0	1	1
Wrestling	2	0	2
Total	14	10	24

Athletics (track and field)

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Malta entered three athletes (two men and one woman).^[2]

Men

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Andrew Cassar Torreggiani	Long jump	6.87	24	Did not advance
Ian Grech		7.43	18	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Charlotte Wingfield	100 m	11.99	6	Did not advance
	200 m	24.40	6	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Malta entered two male cyclists.^[2]

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
David Treacy Schembri	Road race	DNF
Alexander Smyth		DNF

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Malta entered one female gymnast.^[2]

Artistic

Women

Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Sana Grillo	Qualification	12.250	7.950	11.200	9.950	41.350	26

Lawn bowls

Main article: Lawn bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Malta entered six lawn bowlers (two men and four women).^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brendan Aquilina	Singles	Breitenbach (RSA) L 17 - 21	Wilson (AUS) L 17 - 21	Salmon (WAL) L 18 - 21	Jones (NFI) W 21 - 15	Paniani (COK) W 21 - 17	4	Did not advance
Brendan Aquilina Shaun Parnis	Pairs	Australia L 11–22	Brunei W 28–11	Guernsey W 16–10	Canada W 26–12	—	2 Q	Australia W 15–13	Scotland L 8-18	Cook Islands L 11-17	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Connie-Leigh Rixon Rebecca Rixon	Pairs	Niue W 29-9	England L 10-23	Australia L 14-18	Zambia W 24-12	Papua New Guinea W 20-19	3	Did not advance
Sharon Callus Connie-Leigh Rixon Rebecca Rixon Rosemaree Rixon	Fours	England W 14–10	India W 20–15	Fiji L 12–20	Northern Ireland W 21–8	—	2 Q	India W 13–11	South Africa L 8-14	Canada W 17-8

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Malta entered five sport shooters (four men and one woman).^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Brian Galea	Trap	117	6 Q	36
William Chetcuti	Double trap	130	9	Did not advance
Nathan-Lee Xuereb		125	12	Did not advance
Marlon Attard	Skeet	116	12	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eleanor Bezzina	25 metre pistol	571	7 Q	22	4
	10 metre air pistol	378	3 Q	193.2	4

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Malta entered four squash athletes (two per gender).^[2]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daniel Zammit-Lewis	Men's singles	Kale Wilson (TRI) W 3–0	Lewis Walters (JAM) L 0–3	Did not advance
Dianne Kellas	Women's singles	—	Christine Nunn (AUS) L 0–3	Did not advance
Colette Sultana		Samantha Hennings (CAY) W 3–0	Nicol David (MAS) L 0–3	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bradley Hindle Daniel Zammit-Lewis	Men's doubles	Coll / Grayson (NZL) L 0 - 2	Doyle / Snagg (SVG) W 2 - 0	—	2 Q	James / Willstrop (ENG) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Dianne Kellas Colette Sultana	Women's doubles	Evans / Deon (WAL) L 0 - 2	F Zafar / M Zafar (PAK) W 2 - 0	Chinappa / Pallikal Karthik (IND) L 0 - 2	3	—	Did not advance
Dianne Kellas Bradley Hindle	Mixed doubles	Vai / Suari (PNG) W 2 - 0	King / Coll (NZL) L 0 - 2	—	2 Q	Waters / Selby (ENG) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Colette Sultana Daniel Zammit-Lewis		Landers-Murphy / Millar (NZL) L 0 - 2	Duncalf / Waller (ENG) L 0 - 2	—	3	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Malta qualified one weightlifter.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yasmin Zammit-Stevens	Women's −63 kg	79	7	95	7	174	7

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Malta entered three male wrestlers.^[2] However, David Galea did not compete.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gary Giordmaina	-57 kg	Bilal (PAK) L 1 - 4	Did not advance				11
Adam Vella	-65 kg	Wahab (PAK) L 1 - 4	Did not advance				8

See also

• Malta at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

References

1. "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
2. "2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games: 25 athletes to represent Malta, Gary Giordimaina as flag bearer". www.independent.com.mt/. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
3. Butler, Nick (13 March 2018). "Wrestler to carry Malta flag at Gold Coast 2018". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 20 March 2018.