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Nino Salukvadze (Georgian: ნინო სალუქვაძე; born 1 February 1969, in Tbilisi) is a female Georgian sport shooter. She is a nine-time Olympian and has won medals on three occasions. At age 19 and competing for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the women's 25-metre sporting pistol competition and silver in the women's 10-metre air pistol competition. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, competing for Georgia, she added to her tally with a bronze medal, also in the 10-metre air pistol event.
1988 Summer Olympics[edit]
Competing in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea, Nino set the world record and won a gold medal in the 25-meter pistol for the Soviet Union. She also won the silver medal in the 10-meter air pistol.
2008 Summer Olympics[edit]
Georgia and Russia were at war when Salukvadze competed in the women's 10-metre air pistol competition of the 2008 Summer Olympics with Russian shooter Natalia Paderina. After Salukvadze won the bronze and Paderina the silver, they shared a podium, hugged and shook hands, which was seen a peaceful gesture.[1]
2016 Summer Olympics[edit]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Nino and her son Tsotne Machavariani were the first mother-son duo to compete in the same Olympics, representing Georgia in the pistol events.
2020 Summer Olympics[edit]
At age 52, Nino competed in her ninth Olympic Games at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first female athlete in history to do so.[2] And ahead of her record-breaking appearance, Salukvadze was given the honor of being one of Georgia's flag bearers for the 2020 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony, for the second time.[3]
Olympic results[edit]
| Olympic results | ||||
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| Event | 25 meter pistol | 10 meter air pistol | ||
| 1988 Seoul |  1st (591+99)
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 2nd (390+97.9)
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| 1992 Barcelona | 5th (583+93) | 10th (380) | ||
| 1996 Atlanta | 7th (586+91.6) | 5th (385+99.0) | ||
| 2000 Sydney | 11th (579) | 25th (376) | ||
| 2004 Athens | 8th (580+98.3) | 10th (382) | ||
| 2008 Beijing | 16th (580) |  3rd (386+101.4)
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| 2012 London | 15th (581) | 33rd (376) | ||
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 6th (584+14) | 34th (377) | ||
| 2020 Tokyo | 25th (578) | 31st (567) | ||
Records[edit]
| Current world records held in 25 metre pistol | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Women | Individual | 593 |  Nino Salukvadze (URS)  Manu Bhaker (IND)
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July 13, 1989 August 22, 2018 |
Zagreb (YUG) Jakarta (INA) |
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Olympic shooters hug as their countries do battle", CNN, 10 August 2008
- ^ History-maker Nino Salukvadze: From Seoul 1988 to Tokyo 2020, archived from the original on 27 July 2021, retrieved 27 July 2021
- ^ "July 23 Tokyo 2020 Olympics news and results". CNN.
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External links[edit]
- Nino Salukvadze at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- Nino Salukvadze at the International Olympic Committee
- Nino Salukvadze at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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