Natalia Paderina nee Natalia Akhmertdinova (born November 1, 1975 in
Sverdlovsk,
Russian SFSR
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,
Soviet Union
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) is a Russian
sport shooter
Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...
. She won the silver medal in
Women's 10m air pistol at the
2008 Summer Olympics. At that event, she shared the podium with bronze medalist
Nino Salukvadze
Nino Salukvadze ( ka, 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 Unio ...
of
Georgia
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. Georgia and Russia were
at war at the time. They hugged and shook hands, which was seen as a peaceful gesture.
"Olympic shooters hug as their countries do battle"
CNN, August 10, 2008
References
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1975 births
Living people
Russian female sport shooters
ISSF pistol shooters
Olympic shooters of Russia
Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Russia
Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg
Olympic medalists in shooting
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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