The oldest living Olympic medal winner, Ágnes Keleti, has died at age 103
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The oldest living Olympic medal winner, Ágnes Keleti, has died at age 103

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The oldest living Olympic medal winner, Ágnes Keleti, has died at age 103 toggle caption Laszlo Balogh/AP BUDAPEST, Hungary — Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died. She won a total of 10 Olympic medals in gymnastics, including five golds, for Hungary at the 1952 Helsinki Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games. Four years later, she made her Olympic debut at the 1952 Helsinki Games at the age of 31, winning a gold medal in the floor exercise as well as a silver and two bronzes. While she was becoming the oldest gold medalist in gymnastics history at age 35 in Melbourne, the Soviet Union invaded Hungary following an unsuccessful anti-Soviet uprising.

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Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103
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Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103

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Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died. She won a total of 10 Olympic medals in gymnastics, including five golds, for Hungary at the 1952 Helsinki Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games. Four years later, she made her Olympic debut at the 1952 Helsinki Games at the age of 31, winning a gold …

Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103
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Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103

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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died. She won a total of 10 Olympic medals in gymnastics, including five golds, for Hungary at the 1952 Helsinki Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games. Four years later, she made her Olympic debut at the 1952 Helsinki Games at the age of 31, …

Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, dies at 103
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Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, dies at 103

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Ágnes Keleti, former Olympic gold medal winning gymnast, smiles in her apartment in Budapest, Hungary, in 2020. Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died. She won a total of 10 Olympic medals in gymnastics, including five golds, for Hungary at the 1952 Helsinki Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games. Four years later, she …

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