Malia Metella

{{Short description|French swimmer (born 1982)}}

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{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Malia Metella

| image = Mtp Chp Fr Natation 24042009 100mF depart.JPG

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| caption = Metella in lane 4 at the French swimming championships

| fullname = Malia Metella

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| nationality = {{FRA}}

| strokes = Butterfly, freestyle

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| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1982|02|23|df=y}}

| birth_place =Cayenne, French Guiana, France

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| height = {{height|m=1.74|precision=0}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2004 Athens{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040814153430/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 August 2004 |title=2004 Olympic Games swimming results |access-date=22 July 2007 | work=CNN}}|50 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalSilver|2005 Montreal{{cite web|url=http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Montreal_2005/results/sw.php |title=Montreal 2005 Results |access-date=9 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128064425/http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Montreal_2005/results/sw.php |archive-date=28 January 2007 }}|100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalSilver|2006 Shanghai{{cite web|url=http://www.fina.org/events/SW/SWC(25m)/Shanghai_2006/results/index.php |title=Shanghai 2006 results |access-date=24 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306103724/http://www.fina.org/events/SW/SWC%2825m%29/Shanghai_2006/results/index.php |archive-date=6 March 2007 }}|100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalGold| 2004 Madrid | 100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold| 2004 Madrid | 4×100 freestyle}}

{{MedalGold| 2004 Madrid | 4×100 medley}}

{{MedalSilver| 2004 Madrid | 100 m butterfly}}

{{MedalBronze| 2006 Budapest | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalGold| 2003 Dublin | 100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold| 2004 Vienna | 100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver| 2003 Dublin | 50 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze| 2004 Vienna | 100 m butterfly}}

{{MedalBronze| 2007 Debrecen | 4×50 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalGold | 2001 Tunis | 100 m butterfly}}

{{MedalGold | 2009 Pescara | 50 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver | 2009 Pescara | 4×100 m freestyle}}

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Malia Metella (born 23 February 1982 in Cayenne, French Guiana)[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165647/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/malia-metella-1.html Metella's entry] from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2 August 2011. 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.