Shota Kveliashvili (1 January 1938 – 25 April 2004) was a Georgian

sports shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...

. He competed at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

and the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

. In the 300 metre rifle event at the 1964 Olympics, he won a silver medal.

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1938 births 2004 deaths Soviet male sport shooters Male sport shooters from Georgia (country) Olympic shooters for the Soviet Union Shooters at the 1964 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tbilisi {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub