Otar Japaridze
| Otar Japaridze | |
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented |
 Georgia
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| Born |
December 23, 1987 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Partner | Angelina Telegina |
| Former partner |
Allison Reed Isabella Tobias Ekaterina Zaikina Marina Sheltsina |
| Coach | Evgeni Platov |
| Former coach | Nikolai Morozov, Galit Chait, Alexei Gorshkov, Ludmila Gorshkova, Tatiana Kuzmina, Galina Belostozkaia, Marina Japaridze |
| Choreographer | Evgeni Platov, Zhanna Palagina |
| Former choreographer | Nikolai Morozov, Sergei Petukhov |
| Skating club | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| Training locations | Mount Laurel |
| Began skating | 1993 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 118.66 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| Short dance | 45.47 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| Free dance | 73.19 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy |
Otar Japaridze (Georgian: ოთარ ჯაფარიძე, born December 23, 1987) is a Georgian former competitive ice dancer. With former partner Allison Reed, he represented Georgia at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He later skated with Angelina Telegina.
Otar Japaridze was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union. His father, Irakli Japaridze, is the president of the Georgian Figure Skating Federation.
Japaridze competed in single skating until the age of 15 and then switched to ice dancing. From 2002 through 2004, he competed with Marina Sheltsina. They were the 2004 Georgian national champions.
From 2005 through 2007, Japaridze competed with Russian-born Ekaterina Zaikina for Georgia. They competed twice at the World Junior Championships.
In the 2007–2008 season, Japaridze competed with American ice dancer Isabella Tobias for Georgia.
In May 2009, Japaridze teamed up with American Allison Reed to compete for Georgia; they trained in Mount Laurel, New Jersey with coach and choreographer Evgeni Platov. At the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy, they qualified a spot for Georgia for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Reed received a Georgian passport in January 2010, allowing them to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Reed and Japaridze split following the 2010-11 season.
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