The Most Famous
ATHLETES from Malta
This page contains a list of the greatest Maltese Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 2 of which were born in Malta. This makes Malta the birth place of the 160th most number of Athletes behind Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Bhutan.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Maltese Athletes of all time. This list of famous Maltese Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Saint-George Ashe (1871 - 1922)
With an HPI of 50.19, Saint-George Ashe is the most famous Maltese Athlete. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Saint George Ashe (23 May 1871 – 24 July 1922) was a British rower who competed in Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris winning the bronze medal in the single sculls, and won the Wingfield Sculls in 1904. Ashe was born in Malta. He was a member of Thames Rowing Club and in 1900 was the only rower to represent Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France, in his first round heat, Ashe was disqualified after rowing into Raymond-Benoît and capsizing him, due to no one finishing the full course the judges decided to re-run the race, this time Ashe won by seven seconds. In the final he was third in single sculls behind Hermann Barrelet and André Gaudin but was lucky as he was in fourth place until Louis Prével fell overboard. He entered the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta seven times and was runner up in 1901 to C V Fox. He won the Wingfield Sculls in 1904 beating Arthur Cloutte, and was runner-up in 1905 and 1906 to Harry Blackstaffe. In 1898 Ashe had attempted to row across the English Channel, but the weather was unfavorable and after about three miles he started to take in water and was rescued by a tug that was accompanying him. Ashe died aged 51 years old in St Leonards-on-Sea, the verdict of his death was "suicide during temporary insanity", he was found dead in a house near some gas taps that were switched on.
2. Eleanor Bezzina (b. 1977)
With an HPI of 1.11, Eleanor Bezzina is the 2nd most famous Maltese Athlete. Her biography has been translated into 2 different languages.
Eleanor Bezzina (born 25 March 1977) is a Maltese sports shooter. She competed in the women's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's 10 m air pistol and Women's 25 m pistol. She also competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2014 World Championships, 2018 World Championships, and 2021 European Championships.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Maltese athletes born between 1871 and 1977. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Maltese athletes include Eleanor Bezzina. The most famous deceased Maltese athletes include Saint-George Ashe. As of April 2024, 2 new Maltese athletes have been added to Pantheon including Saint-George Ashe, and Eleanor Bezzina.
