Khatuna Lorig
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| Nationality | Georgia (საქართველო) USA |
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| Born | January 1, 1974 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
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| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 141 lb (64 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Khatuna Lorig (born January 1, 1974 in Tbilisi as Khatuna Kvrivishvili, Georgian: ხათუნა ქვრივიშვილი) is an American archer of Georgian origin.
She has used at least 3 different last names while competing in and representing various different countries.[1]
- Khatuna Kvrivichvili, СССР (part of the Unified Team) at Barcelona 1992. At the age of 18, she won the bronze medal[2]
- Khatuna Lorigi, while competing for Georgia in the Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000) Olympic games.
- Khatuna Lorig, from 2004 when she was unable to participate in the Olympic Games in Athens because of citizenship issues. She competed for the United States at the 2008 Olympics. Then, at the age of 38 she competed again for Team USA at the 2012 London Olympics.[1]
Competition History
Lorig earned individual bronze and team gold medals at the 1990 European Championships in Barcelona competing for the Soviet Union.[citation needed] She also earned individual and team gold medals at the 1992 European Championships in Malta.[3]
Lorig earned a bronze medal in women's team competing for the Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics. Lorig went on to compete for Georgia at the 1996 Olympics, and the 2000 Olympics as Khatuna Lorigi. Lorig became a naturalized U.S. citizen and qualified to compete in the women's individual archery event at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. There Lorig finished her ranking round with a total of 635 points. This gave her the 26th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Virginie Arnold in the first round, beating the archer from France with 107-105. In the second round she was too strong for Alison Williamson with 112-109 and via Ana Rendón (107-95) she achieved her place in the quarter final. There she was unable to beat eventual bronze medalist Yun Ok-Hee who won the match with 111-105.[4]
She taught actress Jennifer Lawrence how to shoot with a recurve bow for the 2012 film The Hunger Games.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/usa/khatuna%20lorig/221227
- ↑ http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KVRIVKHA01
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Athlete biography: Khatuna Lorig, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 23, 2008
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Use mdy dates from August 2012
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- Articles containing Georgian-language text
- Articles with unsourced statements from August 2009
- 1974 births
- Living people
- American archers
- Archers from Georgia (country)
- Soviet archers
- Archers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Archers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Archers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Archers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Olympic archers of the Unified Team
- Olympic archers of Georgia (country)
- Olympic archers of the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Unified Team
- American people of Georgian (country) descent
- Sportspeople from Tbilisi
- Olympic medalists in archery
- Georgian emigrants to the United States
- Female archers
- American sportswomen
- Pan American Games competitors for the United States
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
