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Sport
  
Artistic gymnastics

Name
  
Medea Jugeli

Club
  
FC Dinamo Tbilisi


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Born
  
August 1, 1925 (
1925-08-01
)
Kutaisi, Georgia

Died
  
January 8, 2016, Tbilisi, Georgia

Medeya "Mzia" Jugeli (Georgian: მედეა ჯუღელი, Russian: Медея Николаевна Джугели; August 1, 1925 – January 8, 2016) was a Georgian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, finishing within top 15 in all artistic gymnastics events, and winning one gold and one silver medal. She won seven national titles in the vault, in 1946, 1947 and 1951–1955. After retirement she worked as gymnastics coach. She died in Tbilisi in 2016, aged 90.

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Medea Jugeli Wikipedia