Ágnes Keleti
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Key facts
- Alternative name
- Ágnes Klein
- Nickname
- Aggi
- Born
- ( 1921-01-09 ) 9 January 1921, Budapest , Hungary
- Died
- 2 January 2025 (2025-01-02) (aged 103), Budapest, Hungary
- Spouse
- István Sárkány ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1944 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1950 ) , Róbert Bíró ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1959 )
- Discipline
- Women's artistic gymnastics
- Country represented
- Hungary , (1937–1940, 1946–1958)
- Club
- Nemzeti TE, Bp. Postás , TF Haladás, Újpesti TE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ágnes
- Family name
- Klein
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Israel
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Place of death
- Budapest
- Occupation
- athlete
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Sport
- gymnastics
- Country for sport
- Hungary
- Image
- Keleti Ágnes 2021 RTG 2950 (crop).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- Budapest
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- date of birth
- 1921-01-09
- place of burial
- Kozma Street Jewish Cemetery
- Commons category
- Agnes Keleti
- married name
- Bíró Róbertné
- subject has role
- centenarian
- birth name
- Ágnes Edit Klein
- date of death
- 2025-01-02
- name in native language
- Keleti Ágnes
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- respiratory failure
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Encyclopedic overview
Ágnes Keleti (née Klein; Hebrew: אגנס קלט; 9 January 1921 – 2 January 2025) was a Hungarian and Israeli artistic gymnast and coach, who won multiple Olympic medals. She was the oldest living Olympic champion and medallist, reaching her 100th birthday on 9 January 2021. While representing Hungary at the Summer Olympics, she won 10 Olympic medals including five gold medals, three silver medals, and two bronze medals, and is considered to be one of the most successful Jewish Olympic athletes of all time. Keleti earned more Olympic medals than any other individual with Israeli citizenship, and more Olympic medals than any other Jew, except Mark Spitz. She was the most successful athlete at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
In 1957, Keleti immigrated to Israel, where she worked as a coach, eventually returning to her native Hungary in 2015 at the age of 94. In 2017, she was awarded the Israel Prize in sports.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ágnes Keleti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.