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Born | February 1, 1969 | |||||||||||||||
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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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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]
Event | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 |
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25 metre pistol | Gold 591+99 |
5th 583+93 |
7th 586+91.6 |
11th 579 |
8th 580+98.3 |
16th 580 |
10 metre air pistol | Silver 390+97.9 |
10th 380 |
5th 385+99.0 |
25th 376 |
10th 382 |
Bronze 386+101.4 |
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Junior Women | Individual | 593 | Nino Salukvadze (URS) | July 13, 1989 | Zagreb (YUG) |
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