Mateo Žugec

Mateo Žugec
Žugec at the 2022 European Championships.
Born (2002-02-02) 2 February 2002
Varaždin, Croatia
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Croatia Croatia
ClubGK Vindija[1]
Head coach
Emil Šanjek[1]
Medal record
Representing  Croatia
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Mediterranean Games 1 0 0
World Challenge Cup 1 1 2
Total 2 1 2

Mateo Žugec (2 February 2002) is a Croatian gymnast, pommel horse specialist, member of the Croatian national team.[2] He won a gold medal at the 2022 Mediterranean Games and four medals at the World Challenge Cups (as of April 2026).[2]

Žugec competed at the 2021 and 2025 World Championships, as well as at the 2016, 2022 and 2025 European Championships, competing in pommel horse, floor event and team competition.[1]

Biography

He started to train at the age of 6 with his coach Emil Šanjek in Varaždin.[1]

He was sixth in the pommel horse at the 2018 Junior European Championship in Glasgow.[3] He was fourth in the same discipline at the 2020 Junior European Championship in Mersin.

He competed at the 2019 Junior World Championships in Győr, reaching 5th place in the final of the pommel horse.[1]

He was 12th at the 2022 Senior European Championships in Munich.[1] He won two medals at the World Challenge Cups same year: gold in Koper, and silver in Varna.[2] Žugec won bronze medals at the same events in those cities in 2024.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "ZUGEC Mateo". World Gymnastics. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Žugec: Priželjkivao sam Osijek i konačno uspio" [Žugec: I wanted Osijek and finally succeeded]. Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT). 31 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "Junior Pommel Horse Final Results" (PDF). GymnasticsResults.com. UEG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
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