Vakhtang Murvanidze ( ka, ვახტანგ მურვანიძე; born 13 October 1979 in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

) is a Georgian former competitive

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. He is a multiple Georgian national champion and represented Georgia twice at the Olympics, in 2002 (17th) and 2006 (28th). His highest placement at the

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was 7th in 2003. He was the

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for Georgia at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Early in his career, Murvanidze was coached by Leila Dolidze and Igor Rusakov. By 2001, he was with Elena Tchaikovskaya and Vladimir Kotin in

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. In spring 2003, he joined

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. In his final season, 2005–06, he was coached by Craig Maurizi in New Jersey.

Programs

Results

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* 1979 births Living people Male single skaters from Georgia (country) Figure skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for Georgia (country) Sportspeople from Tbilisi {{Europe-figure-skating-bio-stub