Medea Jugeli | |
Birth Date: | August 1, 1925 |
Birth Place: | Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
Death Place: | Tbilisi, Georgia |
Sport: | Artistic gymnastics |
Club: | Dynamo Tbilisi |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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.[1]