Nino Salukvadze

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.

Nino Salukvadze
Personal information
Born1 February 1969 (1969-02) (age 53)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Georgia
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing 10 m Air Pistol
World Shooting Championships
2002 Lahti 10 m Air Pistol
European Shooting Championships
1993 Brno 25 m pistol Team
1999 Bordeaux 25 m pistol Team
2005 Talin 10 m Air Pistol
2008 Winterthur 10 m Air Pistol
2009 Prague 10 m Air Pistol
1996 Budapest 10 m Air Pistol
2001 Pont 10 m Air Pistol
2003 Plzen 25 m pistol Team
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul 25 m Pistol
1988 Seoul 10 m Air Pistol
World Shooting Championships
1986 Suhl 25 m Air Pistol Team
1987 Budapest 10 m Air Pistol Team
1989 Saraevo 10 m Air Pistol
1990 Moscow 25 m Air Pistol Team
1990 Moscow 10 m Air Pistol Team
1991 Stav 10 m Air Pistol Team
1989 Saraevo 10 m Air Pistol Team
1986 Suhl 25 m Air Pistol
European Shooting Championships
1989 Zagreb 25 m pistol
1990 Arnhem 10 m pistol
1991 Manchester 10 m Air Pistol Team
1991 Manchester 10 m Air Pistol

1988 Summer Olympics

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

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

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

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
Olympic results
Event 25 meter pistol 10 meter air pistol
1988 Seoul 1st (591+99) 2nd (390+97.9)
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)
2012 London 15th (581) 33rd (376)
2016 Rio de Janeiro 6th (584+14) 34th (377)
2020 Tokyo 25th (578) 31st (567)

Records
Current world records held in 25 metre pistol
Junior Women Individual 593  Nino Salukvadze (URS)
 Manu Bhaker (IND)		 July 13, 1989
August 22, 2018		 Zagreb (YUG)
Jakarta (INA)

See also

References
  1. "Olympic shooters hug as their countries do battle", CNN, 10 August 2008
  2. History-maker Nino Salukvadze: From Seoul 1988 to Tokyo 2020, retrieved 27 July 2021
  3. "July 23 Tokyo 2020 Olympics news and results". CNN.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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