Nino Salukvadze

Nino Salukvadze
Nino Salukvadze
Personal information
Born February 1, 1969

Nino Salukvadze (Georgian: ნინო სალუქვაძე) (born February 1, 1969 in Tbilisi) is a female Georgian sports shooter. She is a three-time Olympian, winning gold and silver while competing for the Soviet Union in 1988, and won bronze for Georgia in 2008.

At age 19, she won the women's 25-meter sporting pistol competition and placed second in the women's 10-meter air pistol competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

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2008 Summer Olympics

Georgia and Russia were at war when Salukvadze competed in the women's 10-meter 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 kiss on the podium and called on the two governments to end the war.[1]

Olympic results

Event 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008
25 metre pistol 1 Gold
591+99
5th
583+93
7th
586+91.6
11th
579
8th
580+98.3
16th
580
10 metre air pistol 2 Silver
390+97.9
10th
380
5th
385+99.0
25th
376
10th
382
3 Bronze
386+101.4

Records

Current world records held in 25 metre pistol
Junior Women Individual 593  Nino Salukvadze (URS) July 13, 1989 Zagreb (YUG) edit

Georgian , საქართველო

See also

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