Medea Jugeli
Soviet gymnast
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Born | (1925-08-01)August 1, 1925 Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
Died | January 8, 2016(2016-01-08) (aged 90) Tbilisi, Georgia | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Tbilisi | ||||||||||||||
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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.[1] She won seven national titles in the vault, in 1946, 1947 and 1951–1955. After retirement she worked as gymnastics coach.[2] She died in Tbilisi in 2016, aged 90.[3]
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Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Team All-Around
- 1928: Netherlands
- 1936: Germany
- 1948: Czechoslovakia
- 1952: Soviet Union
- 1956: Soviet Union
- 1960: Soviet Union
- 1964: Soviet Union
- 1968: Soviet Union
- 1972: Soviet Union
- 1976: Soviet Union
- 1980: Soviet Union
- 1984: Romania
- 1988: Soviet Union
- 1992: Unified Team
- 1996: United States
- 2000: Romania
- 2004: Romania
- 2008: China
- 2012: United States
- 2016: United States
- 2020: ROC
- 2024: United States
1952: Soviet Union (URS), Nina Bocharova, Pelageya Danilova, Maria Gorokhovskaya, Ekaterina Kalinchuk, Galina Minaicheva, Galina Shamrai, Galina Urbanovich, Medea Jugeli
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