Sasha Gatt (born 22 June 2005) is a Maltese swimmer.[1][2] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Women's 400 m freestyle, and Women's 1500 m freestyle.[3] She also competed in the women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary.[4]

Sasha Gatt
Personal information
NationalityMaltese
Born (2005-06-22) 22 June 2005 (age 18)
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Malta
Games of the Small States of Europe
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Montenegro 4×200 m freestyle

2020 Olympic Games edit

On the 12 December, 2020, Gatt qualified at age 15 for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics for the 1500m freestyle race with a time of 17:00.28. Later, on the 6 June, 2021 Sasha Gatt also qualified for the 400m freestyle race at a time of 4:18.58.

Gatt was in heat 2, lane 7 for the 400m freestyle race.[5] With the time of 4:19.75, she finished 6th in her heat and 22nd in the event. The next day, she swam in the women's 1500m freestyle race.[6] Gatt finished third out of three in her heat, with a time of 16:57.47, which was her PB.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "15-Year Old Sasha Gatt Breaks Maltese National Record in 400 Free by 5 Seconds". SwimSwam. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Sasha Gatt breaks her own 400m free national record". Times of Malta. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Swimming - GATT Sasha". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Women's 1500 metre freestyle: Start list" (PDF). Budapest 2000. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Swimming - Heat 2 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Swimming - Heat 1 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Sasha GATT | Results | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

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