Nino Salukvadze ( ka, ნინო სალუქვაძე; born 1 February 1969, in

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) is a female

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. She is a nine-time Olympian and has won medals on three occasions. At age 19 and competing for the

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at the

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, she won a gold medal in the women's 25-metre sporting pistol competition and silver in the women's 10-metre air pistol competition. At the

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, competing for

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, she added to her tally with a bronze medal, also in the 10-metre air pistol event.

1988 Summer Olympics

Competing in the

in Seoul, Korea, Nino set the world record and won a gold medal in the 25-meter pistol for the

. She also won the silver medal in the 10-meter air pistol.

2008 Summer Olympics

Georgia and Russia were at war when Salukvadze competed in the women's 10-metre air pistol competition of the

with Russian shooter

Natalia Paderina Natalia Paderina nee Natalia Akhmertdinova (born November 1, 1975 in Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian sport shooter. She won the silver medal in Women's 10m air pistol at the 2008 Summer Olympics. At that event, she sha ...

. After Salukvadze won the bronze and Paderina the silver, they shared a podium, hugged and shook hands, which was seen a peaceful gesture.

2016 Summer Olympics

At the

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, Nino and her son Tsotne Machavariani were the first mother-son duo to compete in the same Olympics, representing Georgia in the pistol events.

2020 Summer Olympics

At age 52, Nino competed in her ninth Olympic Games at the

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, becoming the first female athlete in history to do so. And ahead of her record-breaking appearance, Salukvadze was given the honor of being one of Georgia's flag bearers for the 2020 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony, for the second time.

Olympic results

Records

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