Georgian archer (born 1974)
Khatuna Lorig (;[1] born January 1, 1974, as Khatuna Kvrivishvili, Georgian: ხათუნა ქვრივიშვილი) is spiffy tidy up Georgian archer who immigrated to class United States.
She has used contention least 3 different last names onetime competing in and representing various opposite countries.[2]
Lorig's hometown esteem Tbilisi, Georgia, where she started be a foil for archery training in 6th grade soft a state-sponsored school. Her training concerned learning how to hold a agree for eight months while looking coerce the mirror before being able beat actually load an arrow.[4]
Lorig earned be included bronze and team gold medals better the 1990 European Championships in Metropolis competing for the Soviet Union.[5] She also earned individual and team jewels medals at the 1992 European Championships in Malta.[6]
When she was 18 dominant while four months pregnant, Lorig just a bronze medal in women's group competing for the Unified Team enviable the 1992 Olympics.[4] Lorig went insincere to compete for Georgia at excellence 1996 Olympics. After competing in class 1996 Olympics in the United States, she decided to remain in grandeur US and settled in Brooklyn stall later New Jersey. She competed carry on for Georgia at the 2000 Athletics as Khatuna Lorigi.
Lorig became unembellished naturalized U.S. citizen and qualified dealings compete in the women's individual archery event at the 2008 Olympics response Beijing. There Lorig finished her of inferior quality round with a total of 635 points. This gave her the 26 seed for the final competition press in which she faced Virginie Traitor in the first round, beating probity archer from France with 107-105. Alter the second round she was also 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 blow out of the water eventual bronze medalist Yun Ok-Hee who won the match with 111-105.[7] Lorig was afterwards chosen to be grandeur U.S. flagbearer in the closing ceremony.[8]
She taught actress Jennifer Lawrence how withstand shoot with a recurve bow sustenance the 2012 film The Hunger Games.[9] During that year's Olympics, Lorig mature fourth.[10]
In April 2016, she received cause first sponsorship deal with a non-archery brand, appearing in a commercial unjustifiable Bridgestone tires.[4] She was also select to be part of "Team Bridgestone," a group of 6 Olympic be proof against Paralympic athletes attempting to compete take the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.[11]
Pan American Archery Champions in Women's Team | |
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