Malia Metella

Olympic swimmer Malia Metella, Théo Curin, and Mathieu Witvoet completed the 122 km self-sustained swim, an 11-day stage swim across Lake Titicaca

Malia Metella is a French pool and open water swimmer from French Guiana.

Swimming Highlights

She was the silver medalist in the 50m freestyle in 24.89 at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games at the age of 22.
She finished 4th in the 100m freestyle in 54.50 at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games at the age of 22.
She finished 5th in the 4×100m freestyle relay in 3:40.23 at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games at the age of 22.
She finished 9th in the 100m butterfly at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games at the age of 22.
She finished 14th in the 4×100m medley relay at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games at the age of 22.
She finished 12th in the 50m freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the age of 26.
She finished 12th in the 100m freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the age of 26.
She finished 6th in the 4×100m freestyle relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the age of 26.
She won her first senior titles at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2003 in Dublin, Ireland.
She completed the Défi Titicaca, a 122 km relay crossing of Lake Titicaca together with Théo Curin, a disabled swimming medalist at the IPC World Championships, and Mathieu Witvoet, an eco-adventurer and marine environmentalist, from Bolivia to Peru at 3,811m altitude in a self-sustained manner, by pulling a eco-designed escort boat in which they will rest, sleep, and eat on, beginning on 10 November 2021.