Natalia Nasaridze (born 2 October 1972) is a three-time European champion

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, who competes internationally for

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. She is from the

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. She is coached by Vladimir Lekveshivili and is a member of

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Specialization Club.

International achievements

Olympics

Nasaridze represented Turkey at the

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and

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. In these events, she placed 15th, 21st, 17th, and 49th respectively. During the 1996 Summer Olympics, on July 29, 1996 she broke the

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by scoring 168 points in an 18 arrow match. In 2004, she placed 16th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 639. In the first round of elimination, she faced 49th-ranked

Mari Piuva Mari Piuva (born 21 October 1980) is an archer from Finland who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Piuva was born in Kemi in Lapland and was introduced to archery at the age of fifteen. She was a three-time Finnish national archery champion pr ...

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. Nasaridze lost in a close upset 136-133 in the 18-arrow match, placing 49th overall in women's individual archery. She was also a member of the 10th-place Turkish women's archery team.

General

* 1990,

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- European championship: (for USSR). * 1995 - World championship: * 1996,

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- European championship: * 1997 -

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: * 1997 - World championship: * 2000 - European championship: * 2000 - Indoors European championship: * 2003,

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- Indoors World Championship: 28th * 2003,

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- Grand Prix: 20th * 2003, France - Grand Prix: 30th * 2003,

- Golden Arrow Grand Prix: 28th * 2003,

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- World championship: 16th (qualifier for 2004 Summer Olympics) * 2003,

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- International archery tournament: * 2004,

- Grand Prix: 25th * 2004,

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- European championship: 48th * 2004,

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- Grand Prix: 75th

References

1972 births Living people Turkish female archers Olympic archers for Turkey Naturalized citizens of Turkey Turkish people of Georgian descent Archers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Archers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Emigrants from Georgia (country) to Turkey Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in archery Place of birth missing (living people) {{Turkey-archery-bio-stub