Tsotne Machavariani ( Georgian: ცოტნე მაჭავარიანი, born 26 September 1997) ^[2] is a pistol shooter from Georgia. In 2016 he placed sixth in the 10 m air pistol event at the European championships. ^[3]

Machavariani has an elder sister Nino; his father Gocha Machavariani is an officer with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. ^[2] Tsotne is trained by his mother Nino Salukvadze, who has competed in pistol shooting in every Olympics since 1988. Machavariani and his mother competed together as a team at the 2015 European Games and placed 14th. In 2016 they become the first mother and son to qualify for the same Olympics. ^[4]

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