Agnes Keleti, world's oldest Olympic champion and Holocaust survivor, dies aged 103
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Published: Jan, 02 2025 10:09
Agnes Keleti, the world's oldest Olympic champion, has died at the age of 103 it has been announced. Keleti had been hospitalised in Budapest last week with pneumonia, with the former gymnast reportedly admitted on Christmas Day. 'We pray for her, she has a great vitality' her son, Rafael Biro-Keleti told Hungarian media at the time.
Her press official Tamas Roth confirmed to AFP that Keleti had died on Thursday in hospital. Keleti was one of Hungary's most successful Olympians, winning 10 medals in gymnastics across the Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne 1956 Olympics. She claimed the floor title in the Finnish capital, before winning the uneven bars, balance beam, floor and team event four years later.
