Natalia Nasaridze

Natalia Nasaridze (born 2 October 1972) is a three-time European champion archer, who competes internationally for Turkey.^[1]

She is from the Republic of Georgia. She is coached by Vladimir Lekveshivili and is a member of Antalya Specialization Club. During a competition in Turkey, Uğur Erdener offered her membership in the Turkey national archery team for the next Olympics. She accepted to move to Turkey because she had no chance in her country to compete at the Olympics. After naturalization, she won several medals for Turkey at international competitions, and took part four times at the Olympics.^[1]

Nasaridze represented Turkey at the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. In these events, she placed 15th, 21st, 17th, and 49th respectively.

During the 1996 Summer Olympics, on July 29, 1996 she broke the Olympic record by scoring 168 points in an 18 arrow match.

In 2004, she placed 16th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 639. In the first round of elimination, she faced 49th-ranked Mari Piuva of Finland. Nasaridze lost in a close upset 136-133 in the 18-arrow match, placing 49th overall in women's individual archery. She was also a member of the 10th-place Turkish women's archery team.^[2]