Nino Salukvadze (Georgian: ნინო სალუქვაძე; born 1 February 1969, in Tbilisi) is a Georgian sport shooter. She is a ten-time Olympian, the record for appearances by a female athlete and tying Canadian showjumper Ian Millar for the most for any athlete. Salukvadze has won medals on three occasions, while competing on three different Olympic teams – for the Soviet Union in 1988, then the Unified Team at Barcelona in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and lastly for Georgia beginning in 1996.[1]
At age 19 and competing for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 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 2008 Summer Olympics, competing for Georgia, she added to her tally with a bronze medal, also in the 10-metre air pistol event.
Career
edit1988 Summer Olympics
editCompeting in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea, Nino set the world record and won a gold medal in the 25-meter pistol for the Soviet Union. She also won the silver medal in the 10-meter air pistol.
2008 Summer Olympics
editGeorgia and Russia were at war when Salukvadze competed in the women's 10-metre 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 podium, hugged and shook hands, which was seen a peaceful gesture.[2][1]
2016 Summer Olympics
editAt the 2016 Summer Olympics, Nino and her son Tsotne Machavariani were the first mother-son duo to compete in the same Olympics, representing Georgia in the pistol events.[1]
2020 Summer Olympics
editAt age 52, Nino competed in her ninth Olympic Games at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first female athlete in history to do so.[3] 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.[4]
2024 Summer Olympics
editNino competed in her tenth Olympic Games at age 55, at the shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics, becoming the first female athlete in history to do so; she competed in the women’s 10m air pistol and 25m pistol events.[1] She was also one of Georgia's flag bearers, for the third time, at the 2024 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations.
Olympic results
edit| Olympic results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 25 meter pistol | 10 meter air pistol | ||
| 1988 Seoul |  1st (591+99)
|
 2nd (390+97.9)
| ||
| 1992 Barcelona | 5th (583+93) | 10th (380) | ||
| 1996 Atlanta | 7th (586+91.6) | 5th (385+99.0) | ||
| 2000 Sydney | 11th (579) | 25th (376) | ||
| 2004 Athens | 8th (580+98.3) | 10th (382) | ||
| 2008 Beijing | 16th (580) |  3rd (386+101.4)
| ||
| 2012 London | 15th (581) | 33rd (376) | ||
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 6th (584+14) | 34th (377) | ||
| 2020 Tokyo | 25th (578) | 31st (567) | ||
| 2024 Paris | 40th (563) | 38th (562) | ||
Records
edit| Current world records held in 25 metre pistol | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Women | Individual | 593 |  Nino Salukvadze (URS)  Manu Bhaker (IND)
|
July 13, 1989 August 22, 2018 |
Zagreb (YUG) Jakarta (INA) |
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Biographical Information
editHighlights[5]
Rank Event Year Location Result
Olympic Games
edit1 25m Pistol 1988 Seoul, KOR 690
2 10m Air Pistol 1988 Seoul, KOR 487.9
3 10m Air Pistol 2008 Beijing, CHN 487.4
5 10m Air Pistol 1996 Atlanta, GA, USA 484.0
5 25m Pistol 1992 Barcelona, ESP 676
6 25m Pistol 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA 14
7 25m Pistol 1996 Atlanta, GA, USA 677.6
8 25m Pistol 2004 Athens, GRE 678.3
10 10m Air Pistol 2004 Athens, GRE 382
10 10m Air Pistol 1992 Barcelona, ESP 380
11 25m Pistol 2000 Sydney, NSW, AUS 579
15 25m Pistol 2012 London, GBR 581
16 25m Pistol 2008 Beijing, CHN 580
25 25m Pistol 2020 Tokyo, JPN 578
25 10m Air Pistol 2000 Sydney, NSW, AUS 376
31 10m Air Pistol 2020 Tokyo, JPN 567
33 10m Air Pistol 2012 London, GBR 376
34 10m Air Pistol 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA 377
World Championships
edit1 10m Air Pistol Team 1991 Stavanger, NOR
1 10m Air Pistol Team 1990 Moscow, URS
1 25m Pistol Team 1990 Moscow, URS
1 10m Air Pistol 1989 Sarajevo, YUG 487.5
1 10m Air Pistol Team 1987 Budapest, HUN
1 25m Pistol Team 1986 Suhl, GDR
2 10m Air Pistol 2002 Lahti, FIN 484.9
2 10m Air Pistol Team 1989 Sarajevo, YUG
3 25m Pistol 1986 Suhl, GDR 686.0
4 25m Pistol 1998 Barcelona, ESP 682.9
5 Mixed 50m Pistol - Team (Mixed) 2022 Cairo, EGY 9
8 10m Air Pistol 2006 Zagreb, CRO 480.3
10 25m Pistol 2006 Zagreb, CRO 579
12 50m Pistol 2022 Cairo, EGY 510
12 Women's 25m Standard Pistol 2022 Cairo, EGY 558
13 25m Pistol 2002 Lahti, FIN 578
14 Mixed 25m Standard Pistol - Team (Mixed) 2022 Cairo, EGY 543
15 10m Air Pistol Team 2018 Changwon, KOR 764
27 25m Pistol 2014 Granada, ESP 576
31 10m Air Pistol 2022 Cairo, EGY 573
32 25m Pistol 2022 Cairo, EGY 578
38 10m Air Pistol 2014 Granada, ESP 377
40 10m Air Pistol Team 2022 Cairo, EGY 567
47 10m Air Pistol 2010 Munich, GER 378
50 25m Pistol 2018 Changwon, KOR 574
54 25m Pistol 2010 Munich, GER 574
64 10m Air Pistol 2018 Changwon, KOR 563
European Championships
edit2 10m Air Pistol 2009 Prague, CZE 484.4
2 10m Air Pistol 2008 Winterthur, SUI 485.8
2 10m Air Pistol 2005 Tallinn, EST 485.3
3 25m Pistol 2003 Plzen, CZE 678.3
3 10m Air Pistol 2001 Pontevedra, ESP 484.6
4 25m Pistol 2015 Maribor, SLO 5
4 25m Pistol 2005 Belgrade, SCG 783.4
4 10m Air Pistol 2002 Thessaloniki, GRE 480.8
4 10m Air Pistol 2000 Munich, GER 480.9
5 10m Air Pistol 2013 Odense, DEN 136.1
5 25m Pistol 2001 Zagreb, CRO 678.2
6 Mixed 50m Pistol - Team (Mixed) 2019 Bologna, ITA 169
6 25m Pistol 2009 Osijek, CRO 781.4
7 10m Air Pistol 2021 Osijek, CRO 135.6
8 25m Pistol 2007 Granada, ESP 775.7
8 10m Air Pistol 2003 Gothenburg, SWE 478.3
9 25m Pistol 2011 Belgrade, SRB 579
10 10m Air Pistol 2007 Deauville, FRA 381
11 25m Pistol 2017 Baku, AZE 579
12 10m Air Pistol 2015 Arnhem, NED 380
13 25m Pistol 2013 Osijek, CRO 578
14 Mixed 25m Standard Pistol - Team (Mixed) 2019 Bologna, ITA 547
16 10m Air Pistol 2006 Moscow, RUS 381.0
17 10m Air Pistol 2016 Gyor, HUN 378
18 10m Air Pistol 2010 Meraker, NOR 378
19 10m Air Pistol 2012 Vierumaki, FIN 380
21 10m Air Pistol 2011 Brescia, ITA 379
21 10m Air Pistol 2004 Gyor, HUN 377.0
22 25m Pistol 2019 Bologna, ITA 577
24 25m Pistol 2022 Wroclaw, POL 575
25 50m Pistol 2022 Wroclaw, POL 520
25 10m Air Pistol 2014 Moscow, RUS 377
26 25m Pistol 2021 Osijek, CRO 577
29 25m Standard Pistol 2022 Wroclaw, POL 555
30 10m Air Pistol 2020 Wroclaw, POL 568
30 10m Air Pistol 2018 Gyor, HUN 563
31 10m Air Pistol Team 2019 Osijek, CRO 750
35 10m Air Pistol 2019 Osijek, CRO 559
37 50m Pistol 2021 Osijek, CRO 521
38 10m Air Pistol Team 2018 Gyor, HUN 748
41 10m Air Pistol Team 2020 Wroclaw, POL 552
43 25m Standard Pistol 2021 Osijek, CRO 541
54 10m Air Pistol 2017 Maribor, SLO 367
DNS 10m Air Pistol Team 2021 Osijek, CRO DNS
European Games
edit- Shooting at the 2015 European Games
- Shooting at the 2019 European Games
- Shooting at the 2023 European Games
3 Mixed 50m Pistol - Team (Mixed) 2019 Minsk, BLR 87.7
5 10m Air Pistol Team 2019 Minsk, BLR 377
14 10m Air Pistol Team 2015 Baku, AZE 470
16 10m Air Pistol 2015 Baku, AZE 379
20 25m Pistol 2015 Baku, AZE 573
25 25m Pistol 2019 Minsk, BLR 569
26 10m Air Pistol 2019 Minsk, BLR 562
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Georgian shooter Nino Salukvadze becomes first 10-time female Olympian". The Guardian. The Associated Press. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Olympic shooters hug as their countries do battle", CNN, 10 August 2008
- ^ History-maker Nino Salukvadze: From Seoul 1988 to Tokyo 2020, archived from the original on 27 July 2021, retrieved 27 July 2021
- ^ "July 23 Tokyo 2020 Olympics news and results". CNN. 23 July 2021.
- ^ "MIRS App".
