Nino Salukvadze

Nino Salukvadze (ნინო სალუქვაძე; born 1 February 1969, in Tbilisi) is a 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 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.

1988 Summer Olympics
Competing 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
Georgia 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.

2016 Summer Olympics
At 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.

2020 Summer Olympics
At age 52, Nino competed in her ninth Olympic Games at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 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.

Biographical Information
Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result

Olympic Games
1	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
1	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
2	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

 * 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