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Nino Sabashvili

Nordic Skiing

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Impaired muscle power
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Classification
LW11.5

Further personal information

Residence
Kareli, GEO
Occupation
Athlete
Languages
Georgian

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
She began the sport in February 2017 in Poland.
Why this sport?
She wanted to compete at the Paralympic Games and she was unable to do so with her other sport Para armwrestling, due to it not being included in the Paralympic programme.
Name of coach
Zaza Iashvili, GEO, from 2017

International debut

Year
2018
Competing for
Georgia

General interest

Most influential person in career
Georgian Para cross-country skier Temuri Dadiani. (Athlete, 13 Mar 2018)
Hero / Idol
Georgian Para cross-country skier Temuri Dadiani. (Athlete, 13 Mar 2018)
Other sports
She won two silver medals at the 2016 World Para Armwrestling Championships in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. (qartlisport.ge, 08 Jun 2016)
Ambitions
To win a gold medal at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (qartlisport.ge, 08 Jun 2016)
Impairment
She was born with spina bifida. (Athlete, 13 Mar 2018)

Results

Unit Date Rank
Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games (Pyeongchang, South Korea)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 1.1km Sprint Sitting Final 2018-03-14 9999