Eleanor Bezzina

Eleanor Bezzina (born 25 March 1977) is a Maltese sports shooter who has represented Malta at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Early and personal life Eleanor Bezzina is the second child of Josephine and Victor Bezzina. She grew up in Tarxien, where she enjoyed visiting her father's bakery, playing outside, and helping her grandfather care for his animals. In the summer, she visited Birzebbuga and Delimara to swim, and visited her maternal grandmother in Lija.

As a child, Bezzina played tennis and rode horses beginning at age six.

Competitions She competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and at the 2011 GSSE in Liechtenstein, where she finished in fifth place in her event.

She competed in the women's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

She won a silver medal at 2017 GSSE in San Marino. She also competed in the 2018 World Championships. She also received the Lawrence Darmanin Challenge Cup from the Malta Air Rifle and Pistol Shooting Club (MARPSC) for her performance in air pistol for the 2018-2019 season.

She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's 10 m air pistol and Women's 25 m pistol. In 2021, she competed in the 2021 European Championships. She was the Team Captain of the Maltese delegation for 2023 GSSE.

In 2018, she was also named Malta's Sportswoman of the Year.