# 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.
Malta's team consisted of 25 athletes (15 men and 10 women) that competed in eight sports. However, only 24 athletes (14 men and 10 women) competed.
Wrestler Gary Giordimaina was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.

## 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)

Malta entered three athletes (two men and one woman).

### Field events

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

### Track & road events

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

## Cycling

Malta entered two male cyclists.

### Road
#### Men

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

## Gymnastics

Malta entered one female gymnast.

### Artistic
#### Individual Qualification

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

## Lawn bowls

Malta entered six lawn bowlers (two men and four women).

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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

Malta entered five sport shooters (four men and one woman).

### Men

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

### Women

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

## Squash

Malta entered four squash athletes (two per gender).

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dianne Kellas | Women's singles | — | Christine Nunn (AUS) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Colette Sultana | Women's singles | Samantha Hennings (CAY) W 3–0 | Nicol David (MAS) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Doubles

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Colette Sultana Daniel Zammit-Lewis | Mixed doubles | Landers-Murphy / Millar (NZL) L 0 - 2 | Duncalf / Waller (ENG) L 0 - 2 | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Malta qualified one weightlifter.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Yasmin Zammit-Stevens | Women's −63 kg | 79 | 7 | 95 | 7 | 174 | 7 |

## Wrestling

Malta entered three male wrestlers. However, David Galea did not compete.

### Men

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