Born on February 1, 1969 in Tbilisi. Shooter.

Participant of six Olympic Games. Champion and a second-prize winner of the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. Third-prize winner of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. World Champion in Individual Competition (1989) and a six-fold team total winner (1986-1987, 1989-1990 - sport + air pistol, 1991), second- (2002) and third-prize (1986) winner in individual competition. Nine-fold winner of the World Super Cup (1989-2010). Five-fold European Champion by individual and team classifications (1989-1990, 1993), two-fold second- (2005) and two-fold third-prize (1999, 2003) winner, up to twenty world record holder. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Recipient of the Order of Honor, also the Vakhtang Gorgasali II and III class Orders.