#Agnes keleti

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Keleti is 3rd on the all time list for greatest number of Women's Gymnastics Olympic medals (behind Čáslavská and Latynina), and not only is she the oldest living Olympic champion, but she is a reigning Olympic Champion as her Hungarian team won the gold in Team Portable Apparatus in 1956 the last time that event was contested at the Olympics.

Over the course of her two Olympics she won 10 medals, 5 of them gold, including on beam, bars, and floor in 1956.

She is also a Holocaust survivor.

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Ágnes Keleti (née Klein), survived the Holocaust, lived through the overthrow of communism in her native Hungary, and won 10 Olympic medals over the course of her career. At 103, she is the oldest living Olympian medalist alive today.

Born in 1921, Agnes became a star gymnast in her youth, winning national championships and at 15, participated in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. With the outbreak of World War II, Keleti concealed her Jewish identity and survived by finding work as a maid in a small village. Her father and other family members were murdered at Auschwitz.

After the war, Ágnes resumed her career and made her true athletic breakthrough. She missed the 1948 London Olympics due to a torn ankle ligament.

At 31, which is quite an ancient age for a gymnast, she won 4 medals at the Helsinki Olympics in 1952, including the gold in the floor exercise.

In 1956, during the Melbourne Olympics, the USSR invaded Hungary, and Ágnes defected along with 4 other Hungarian athletes. The following year, she emigrated to Israel where she became the star of the 5th Maccabiah – מכביה.

Keleti collected more Olympic medals (10, including 5 gold medals) than Usain Bolt (9).

Photo: Agnes Keleti, the Maccabiah Archive

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Happy 102nd birthday to Agnes Keleti, the world's oldest living Olympic champion! The Holocaust survivor from Hungary won a total of ten gymnastics medals, including five golds, at the 1952 Helsinki Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games. Keleti survived WWII thanks to working as a maid under a false identity but many of her family members were among the 550,000 Hungarian Jews killed during the Holocaust. Following the war, she was able to return to gymnastics training and won her Olympic medals at the ages of 31 and 35. Today, the energetic centenarian still prefers to look forward, asserting: "The past? Let’s talk about the future. That’s what should be beautiful. The past is past but there is still a future."

A Mighty Girl

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Hungarian Jewish gymnast Agnes Keleti pit hair!!!

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Agnes Keleti, survived the Holocaust, lived through the overthrow of communism in her native Hungary, and won 10 Olympic medals over the course of her career!

Born in 1921, Agnes became a star gymnast in her youth, winning national championships and taking part in the infamous 1936 Olympics in Berlin. With the outbreak of World War II, Keleti managed to survive by concealing her Jewish identity and finding work as a maid in a small village. Her father and other family members were murdered at Auschwitz.

After the war, Agnes resumed her career and made her true athletic breakthrough. She was 31 by the time of the Helsinki Olympics in 1952, where she won four medals including the gold in the floor exercise.

The Melbourne Olympics of 1956 offered the chance to leave Hungary for good, and she, along with other Hungarian athletes, sought and found refuge in Australia. A year later she left Australia for Israel where she became the star of the 5th Maccabiah – מכביה.

Keleti collected more Olympic medals than Usain Bolt and is still going strong at the age of 101!

Photo: Agnes Keleti, the Maccabiah Archive

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Happy 102nd Birthday Ágnes Keleti

Happy 102nd Birthday Ágnes Keleti

The famed Hungarian-Israeli retired Olympic and world champion artistic gymnast and coach. Ágnes is the oldest living Olympic champion and medalist, reaching her 102nd birthday January 9, 2023. Birthday picture from Agnes Keleti🇭🇺 pic.twitter.com/m0IsWe0ujL— The Medal Count (@TheMedalCount_) January 11, 2023

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Agnes Keleti- The Amazing Story of the Oldest Living Olympic Champion

Agnes Keleti- The Amazing Story of the Oldest Living Olympic Champion

I was watching the open ceremonies for the Olympic games this past week and was introduced to an amazing woman. Agnes Keleti is the oldest living Olympic champion and turned 100 years old this year. She was a 10 times Olympic medalist and five of those were gold. She lived through a lot of difficulties during her life, but in the end she came out on top. I find her to be very impressive and I…

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सदी की अविश्वसनीय कहानी सबसे उम्रदराज जीवित ओलिंपिक चैंपियन हैं केलेटी । 100 साल की केलेटी के नाम 5 गोल्ड , 1956 में आखिरी बार ओलिंपिक खेली हंगरी की

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Huyó del nazismo, sobrevivió limpiando casas y se transformó en medallista olímpica: la increíble vida de Agnes Keleti

Huyó del nazismo, sobrevivió limpiando casas y se transformó en medallista olímpica: la increíble vida de Agnes Keleti

La ex gimnasta de 98 años se convirtió en la mujer judía con más medallas olímpicas de todos los tiempos y es una estrella en Israel

Sigue…

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Agnes Keleti (HUN) | Uneven Bars | Helsinki Olympic Games 1952

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Agnes Keleti getting the spotlight she deserves!!! <3

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“...édesanyját és testvérét a svéd diplomata, Raoul Wallenberg mentette ki Budapestről.”

egyszer valamelyik buta újságíró leírta ezt az ostobaságot, hogy utána a többi  ezt szajkózza.

https://hvg.hu/elet/20210109_Keleti_Agnes_100_eves_A_szuletesnap_egyaltalan_nem_fontos_csak_a_jo_elet

https://nlc.hu/ezvan/20210109/keleti-agnes-ma-100-eves/

https://hu.euronews.com/2020/01/09/keleti-agnes-a-legidosebb-olimpiai-bajnok

https://www.szombat.org/hirek-lapszemle/keleti-agnes-otszoros-olimpiai-bajnok-99-eves

https://www.origo.hu/sport/egyeni/20200109-torna-szuletesnap-99-eves-az-otszoros-olimpiai-bajnok-keleti-agnes.html

https://m4sport.hu/torna/cikk/2021/01/09/keleti-agnes-100-eves-portre-a-legidosebb-elo-olimpiai-bajnokrol/

ő maga egyébként ezt mondta korábban (lehet, hogy nem csak nem szeret emlékezni, hanem rosszul is emlékszik az angol schutzpassra, minden esetre wallenberg általi budapestről kimenekítésről szó nincs):  „Nehéz hónapok voltak, az ember küzdött az életben maradásért. Anyám és testvérem Wallenberg révén angol schutzpass-szal túlélték a háborút. Apámat elvitték, és Auschwitzban elégették. Nem nagyon szeretek erre az időszakra emlékezni.”

innen is boldog születésnapot neki, bis120