{{Short description|Georgian archer (born 1974)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Khatuna Lorig | image = Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics (8142512216; Lorig).jpg | caption = Lorig at the 2012 Summer Olympics | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = {{GEO}}<br />{{USA}} | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|1|1|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|5|ft|7|in|m|2|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|141|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} | website = | country = {{flag|Georgia (country)|name=Georgia|1990}} (1992–2000)<br/>{{USA}} (2008–present) | sport = Archery | event = | collegeteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{EUN}} }} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalBronze | 1992 Barcelona | Team}} {{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver | 2013 Belek|Mixed team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup Final}} {{MedalGold | 2010 Edinburgh | Mixed Team }} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold| 2015 Toronto | Individual}} {{MedalGold| 2019 Lima | Team}} {{MedalSilver | 2019 Lima | Individual}} {{MedalSilver | 2011 Guadalajara | Team}} {{MedalBronze| 2015 Toronto | Team}} }}
'''Khatuna Lorig''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|'|t|uː|n|ɑː|_|'|l|ɔː|r|ɪ|g}};<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 September 2012 |title=You've Got Khatuna Lorig |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCp9rvOQHdc |access-date=19 December 2024 |website=YouTube |publisher=AOL YouTube}}</ref> born January 1, 1974, as '''Khatuna Kvrivishvili''', {{lang-ka|ხათუნა ქვრივიშვილი}}) is a Georgian archer who immigrated to the United States.
She has used at least 3 different last names while competing in and representing various different countries.<ref name="sports.yahoo.com">{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/usa/khatuna+lorig/221227|title=Coverage of 2018 Winter Games|website=sports.yahoo.com}}</ref> * Khatuna Kvrivichvili, Soviet Union (part of the Unified Team) at Barcelona 1992. At the age of 18, she won the bronze medal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KVRIVKHA01 |title=Khatuna Kvrivichvili Olympic medals and stats |website=databaseolympics.com |access-date=2013-03-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323011525/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KVRIVKHA01 |archive-date=March 23, 2013 }}</ref> * 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.<ref name="sports.yahoo.com"/>
== Career == Lorig's hometown is Tbilisi, Georgia, where she started her archery training in 6th grade at a state-sponsored school. Her training involved learning how to hold a bow for eight months while looking in the mirror before being able to actually load an arrow.<ref name="harpers">{{cite news|last1=Wiedeman|first1=Reeves|title=Arrow Heads|url=http://harpers.org/archive/2016/08/arrow-heads/?single=1|access-date=26 July 2016|publisher=Harper's}}</ref>
Lorig earned individual bronze and team gold medals at the 1990 European Championships in Barcelona competing for the Soviet Union.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nayyar|first1=Namita|title=Khatuna Lorig: No.1 Women Archer in US Reveals her Success Mantra|url=http://www.womenfitness.net/khatunaLorig_mantra.htm|access-date=26 July 2016|date=2017-04-06}}</ref> She also earned individual and team gold medals at the 1992 European Championships in Malta.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.archeryeurope.org/index.php/en/results/champions/euro-outdoor-champions#ISW|title = Women's European Outdoor Champions|access-date = 19 August 2014|website = www.archeryeurope.org}}</ref>
When she was 18 and while four months pregnant, Lorig earned a bronze medal in women's team competing for the Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics.<ref name=harpers /> Lorig went on to compete for Georgia at the 1996 Olympics. After competing in the 1996 Olympics in the United States, she decided to remain in the US and settled in Brooklyn and later New Jersey. She competed again for Georgia at 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.<ref name="beijing">{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/7/221227.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907195858/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/7/221227.shtml |archive-date=2008-09-07 |url-status=dead |title=Athlete biography: Khatuna Lorig |website=Beijing2008.cn |access-date=August 23, 2008}}</ref> Lorig was afterwards chosen to be the U.S. flagbearer in the closing ceremony.<ref>[https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/olympics_blog/2008/08/lorig-chosen-to.html Khatuna Lorig chosen to carry U.S. flag in closing ceremony]</ref>
She taught actress Jennifer Lawrence how to shoot with a recurve bow for the 2012 film ''The Hunger Games''.<ref name="hunger games">{{cite web|url=https://abc7.com/archive/8595200/|date=March 26, 2012|title='Hunger Games' star Jennifer Lawrence learned archery from expert Khatuna Lorig|access-date=March 26, 2012|publisher=KABC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121045723/http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news%2Fentertainment&id=8595200|archive-date=November 21, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> During that year's Olympics, Lorig finished fourth.<ref>[https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/hunger-games-london-games-khatuna-lorig-just-misses-152730260--oly.html From ‘Hunger Games’ to London Games: Khatuna Lorig just misses bronze in archery]</ref>
In April 2016, she received her first sponsorship deal with a non-archery brand, appearing in a commercial for Bridgestone tires.<ref name=harpers /> She was also selected to be part of "Team Bridgestone," a group of 6 Olympic and Paralympic athletes attempting to compete in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.<ref name="bridgestone">{{cite web|url=https://www.bridgestoneamericas.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2016/six-u-s--olympic-and-paralympic-athletes-and-hopefuls-join--team|website=Bridgestone Americas|access-date=26 July 2016|title=Six U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Athletes and Hopefuls Join "Team Bridgestone" for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{World Archery|454}} * {{Olympics.com|khatuna-lorig}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Team USA|new_id=khatuna-lorig-820073|old_id=Khatuna-Lorig|sport=usa-archery|archive=20230528204305}} * {{2019 Pan American Games profile|archery/athlete-profile-n1118928-lorig-khatuna}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080801131639/http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1031/bio/index.html NBC Olympics athlete bio] * [http://www.nj.com/olympics/index.ssf/2008/08/american_dream_is_right_on_tar.html American dream is right on target for archer Lorig]
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