Khatuna Lorig

Khatuna Lorig (born January 1 1974 in Tbilisi as Khatuna Kvrivichvili) is an American archer originally from the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic which is today the Republic of Georgia.

Lorig earned a bronze medal in women's team competing for the Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics. Lorig went on to compete for Georgia at the 1996 Olympics, and the 2000 Olympics as Khatuna Lorigi. Lorig became a naturalized U.S. citizen and qualified to compete in the women's individual archery event at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. There Lorig finished her ranking round with a total of 635 points. This gave her the 26th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Virginie Arnold in the first round, beating the archer from France with 107-105. In the second round she was too strong for Alison Williamson with 112-109 and via Ana Rendón (107-95) she achieved her place in the quarter final. There she was unable to beat eventual bronze medalist Yun Ok-Hee who won the match with 111-105. [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/7/221227.shtml Athlete biography: Khatuna Lorig] , beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 23 2008]

External links

* [http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1031/bio/index.html NBC Olympics Athlete Bio]
* [http://www.nj.com/olympics/index.ssf/2008/08/american_dream_is_right_on_tar.html American dream is right on target for archer Lorig]

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