Josephine Grima will be Malta’s flagbearer during the opening ceremony of the Games of the Small States of Europe in Luxembourg on Monday.
The announcement was made by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat during a meeting with athletes and officials forming part of Team Malta in Valletta.
For Ms Grima, the women’s basketball team captain, this will be the first time for her to carry the country’s flag in an international Games.
In the Liechtenstein GSSE in 2011, Brad Hindle Deguara, of squash, was Malta’s flag bearer and gymnast Andreana Zammit led the team during the athletes’ parade in Cyprus 2009.