Khatuna Narimanidze ( ka, ხათუნა ნარიმანიძე; born 2 February 1974) is an athlete from

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. She competes in

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2004 Summer Olympics

Narimanidze represented Georgia at the

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. She placed 41st in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 620. In the first round of elimination, she faced 24th-ranked

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. Narimanidze lost 148-132 in the 18-arrow match, placing 51st overall in women's individual archery.

2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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Narimanidze finished her ranking round with a total of 663 points. This gave her the 4th seed (the first non

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n) for the final competition bracket in which she faced Dorji Dema in the first round, beating the archer from

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with 107-97. In the second round she was too strong for

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from

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with 111-98, but in the third round she was eliminated by 20th seed

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with 109-108.Athlete biography: Khatuna Narimanidze
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2016 Summer Olympics

Narimanidze represented Georgia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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* * 1974 births Living people Olympic archers for Georgia (country) Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Female archers from Georgia (country) Archers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in archery European Games silver medalists for Georgia (country) 21st-century sportswomen from Georgia (country) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Georgia-archery-bio-stub