Natalia Paderina née Natalia Akhmertdinova (born November 1, 1975, in Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian sport shooter. She won the silver medal in Women's 10m air pistol at the 2008 Summer Olympics. At that event, she shared the podium with bronze medalist Nino Salukvadze of Georgia. Georgia and Russia were at war at the time. They hugged and shook hands, which was seen as a peaceful gesture."Olympic shooters hug as their countries do battle", CNN, August 10, 2008
Olympic resultsEvent20042008201225 metre pistol23rd57219th579—10 metre air pistol5th386+95.9 Silver391+98.137th375
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