Tsotne Machavariani

Tsotne Machavariani
Personal information
Born 26 September 1997 (1997-09-26) (age 19)
Tbilisi, Georgia[1]
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport Pistol shooting
Club N. Salukvazde Club[1]
Coached by Nino Salukvadze[1]

Tsotne Machavariani (Georgian: ცოტნე მაჭავარიანი, born 26 September 1997)[2] is a pistol shooter from Georgia. In 2016 he placed sixth in the 10 m air pistol event at the European championships.[3]

Machavariani has an elder sister Nino; his father Gocha Machavariani is an officer with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.[2] Tsotne is trained by his mother Nino Salukvadze, who competed in pistol shooting in every Olympics since 1988. Machavariani and his mother competed together as a team at the 2015 European Games and placed 14th. In 2016 they become the first mother and son to qualify for the same Olympics.[4]

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