In the sports field, Charmaine Sciberras has made quite a name for herself. Charmaine has been an active sportsperson from a very young age, competing in athletics, open water swimming, and multi-sport events. At the tender age of 17, Charmaine was the Maltese record holder for the 1500m. In 2001 & 2003 she represented Malta in the Small Nations’ Games running the 5,000m & 10,000m. Whilst representing Malta in various half marathons abroad including amongst others The Netherlands, Hungary, Sicily, the UK, she holds her best time in the Half Marathon distance at 1:20:08.
She also competed in local long-distance open water swimming events:
- Gozo-Malta covering a distance of 7.5km in total time of 3hrs 18min
- Filfla-Ghar Lapsi covering a distance of 4.6km in a total time 2hrs 13min
- Round Comino covering a distance of 7km in a total time of 2hrs 45min
She is currently a member of B’Kara St Joseph Sports Club.
In the last five years, she has established herself in triathlon where she holds various titles in her age category, competing in the Sprint and Olympic distances. Doing a full 'Ironman' distance is on her cards, hoping to achieve it for her 50th birthday. She is very determined and disciplined. Following Oscar Wilde’s quote - ‘Age is an issue of mind over matter, if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter’. And this rings true to her. Thus, she is more than determined to complete one!
