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

  • Ágnes Keleti, the world's oldest living Olympic gold medallist and a Holocaust survivor, died at the age of 103 on January 2, 2025, in Budapest Military Hospital due to heart failure and breathing difficulties.
  • Keleti, who was born in Budapest in 1921, won ten Olympic medals, including five golds, and became the most successful athlete of the 1956 Melbourne Games.
  • The International Olympic Committee praised Keleti for her determination and courage, stating she 'survived the horrors of the Holocaust yet always retained hope of achieving her Olympic dream.'
  • Keleti's first Olympic gold medal, won at the age of 31 in Helsinki 1952, was her most cherished, as she expressed in an interview: 'It's my favourite one because the floor exercise is the place where I do what I want, and I can be myself.
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