With just one year of competitive swimming, Matthew Sultana has managed to win three age-group medals at the recent International Swim Meet held in Berlin, thereby obtaining the selection for the London Paralympic Games to be held next month. Sultana has been classified under a S10 disability, namely a system which allows people with different physical abilities to compete alongside one another in the same event. His classification will be reviewed again just before the games.

The Paralympic Games are extremely competitive and it takes some excellent performances to qualify. Malta has been alloted one wild card in swimming, which has allowed the National Paralympic Committee to send our best athlete to compete. Matthew Sultana’s results are not far off the qualifying times and he is continuously improving. He trains under coach Ebi Mohammadpour at Inspire and has been invited to train with the non-disabled national swim coach to enhance his potential at the Games.