Ágnes Keleti, the world’s oldest Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died. She was 103.
Agnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor who became Olympic gymnast, dies at 103
Agnes Keleti, a Hungarian gymnast who survived the Holocaust and went on to win 10 Olympic medals, including five gold, a record that made her one of the most decorated athletes in the history of her ...
World’s oldest Olympic champion, Holocaust survivor dies at age 103
Agnes Keleti won 10 Olympic medals in the 1952 and 1956 games. At age 35 in Melbourne she became the oldest gold medal winner ever in gymnastics. During World War II she went into hiding to survive ...
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Agnes KELETI
After World War II, Keleti returned to gymnastics and won her first Hungarian championship ... at which she finished second to the Soviet Union’s Larisa Latynina. Keleti also won gold as part of the ...