18. Februar 2003  
Budapest /Hungary  
Artistic Gymnastics

Agn?s Keleti - Trophy of Merit

Agnes Keleti (HUN)

The Hungarian Agn?s Keleti, four times Olympic champion at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki and 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, received the Trophy of Merit from the Hungarian National Olympic Committee.

Keleti won all together eight Olympic medals and was also World Champion on uneven bars in Roma (Foro Italico) in 1954.

Agnes Keleti 1956

The Hungarian Agnes Keletiwas one of the best and first femal gymnasts of the modern artistic gymnastics in the first half of the fifties of the last century, together with such 'Grand Dames' of gymnastics, like Maria Gorokhovskaya, Nina Bocharova, Polina Astakhova or Larissa Latynina.
While in Australia for the Games 1956, Keleti defected to the West. She has lived in Israel since 1957, and has served as a physical education instructor and coach for the Israeli gymnastics team. Now aged 83, Keleti remains full of energy...
In 2002 Agnes Keleti was affilated as a member of the 'International Gymnastics Hall of Fame' in Oklahoma City (USA).