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

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) is a Georgian

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. 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. 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.

Career

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. 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 The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, 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 The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

, 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.

2024 Summer Olympics

Nino 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. She was also one of Georgia's flag bearers, for the third time, at the 2024 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations.

Olympic results

Records

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

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