02. Januar 2025  
Budapest, HUN  
Artistic Gymnastics

Agnes KELETI -Oldest Olympic champion in the world has died

Just one week before her 104th birthday (January 09), Hungary's five-time Olympic champion Agnes KELETI passed away peacefully. Until then, she was the most successful Jewish sportswoman and also the longest-living Olympic champion in sporting history. The gymnast won her last Olympic gold on the balance beam in Melbourne in 1956. She had previously become world champion on the uneven bars in Budapest in 1954. The Jewess only returned to her Hungarian homeland decades later ...!
* We reported more about this extraordinary world athlete four years ago (2021) ► on the occasion of her 100th birthday.