Tsotne Machavariani ( ka, ცოტნე მაჭავარიანი, born 26 September 1997) is a pistol shooter from

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

. In 2016 he placed sixth in the 10 m air pistol event at the

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. Machavariani has an elder sister Nino; his father Gocha Machavariani is an officer with the

Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს შინაგან საქმეთა სამინისტრო), abbreviated MIA (''შსს''), is the highest state law enforcement agency of Geor ...

. Tsotne is trained by his mother

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 Union ...

, who has competed in pistol shooting in every Olympics since 1988. Machavariani and his mother competed together as a team at the

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and placed 14th. In 2016 they become the first mother and son to qualify for the same Olympics.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Machavariani, Tsotne Living people 1997 births Male sport shooters from Georgia (country) Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for Georgia (country) Shooters at the 2015 European Games Shooters at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in shooting European Games bronze medalists for Georgia (country) 21st-century people from Georgia (country) Sportspeople from Tbilisi Shooters at the 2023 European Games