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In June 2015, representing [[Israel at the 2015 European Games]] in [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]], he won the [[gold medal]] and the European championship in judo in the under 73 kg weight class.
==Early and personal life==
Muki was born in [[Netanya]], Israel, and is Jewish.<ref>"Israeli Sports", ''[[Jewish Sports Review]]'', Vol. 9, No. 11, Issue 107, p. 21, January/February 2015.</ref><ref name="walla.co.il">{{cite web|url=http://sports.walla.co.il/item/2856427|title=היורש של אורן סמדג'ה: סיפור ההצלחה של שגיא מוקי|work=וואלה! ספורט}}</ref> As an eight-year-old child, he chose to focus on judo which he had been practicing for four years, despite excelling in football for a Netanya junior soccer team.<ref name="one.co.il">{{cite web|url=http://www.one.co.il/Article/14-15/7,990,0,0/253122.html?ref=hp|title=שגיא מוקי זכה במדליית הזהב באליפות אירופה|work=ONE.co.il}}</ref><ref name="walla.co.il"/> He serves in the [[Israel Defense Forces]] as a Sergeant in the Vehicle Division at the [[Sde Dov|Sde Dov airbase]].<ref>[https://www.idfblog.com/blog/2013/11/19/israel-air-force-soldier-becomes-european-judo-champion/]</ref>
==Judo career==
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