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Ágnes Keleti

1921 - 2025

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Ágnes Keleti (née Klein; Hebrew: אגנס קלטי; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ágnes Keleti is the 2nd most popular gymnast (up from 6th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 149th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Ágnes Keleti ranks 2 out of 370. Before her are Nadia Comăneci. After her are Larisa Latynina, Olga Korbut, Věra Čáslavská, Carl Schuhmann, Akinori Nakayama, Sawao Kato, Hermann Weingärtner, Alfred Flatow, Louis Zutter, and Leon Štukelj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Ágnes Keleti ranks 28. Before her are Peter Ustinov, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Gunnar Nordahl, Sophie Scholl, Aaron T. Beck, and Joseph Beuys. After her are Paulo Freire, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, Vasily Smyslov, Gianni Agnelli, and Yoichiro Nambu. Among people deceased in 2025, Ágnes Keleti ranks 16. Before her are Val Kilmer, Brian Wilson, Sebastião Salgado, Leo Beenhakker, Eddie Jordan, and Khamtai Siphandon. After her are Horst Köhler, Aga Khan IV, George E. Smith, George Foreman, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Fouad Mebazaa.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ágnes Keleti ranks 47 out of 1,077. Before her are László Bíró (1899), Johnny Weissmuller (1904), Gabor Maté (1944), Emmerich Kálmán (1882), Sándor Petőfi (1823), and Sándor Kocsis (1929). After her are Joseph Pulitzer (1847), Ágota Kristóf (1935), László Kubala (1927), Sándor Márai (1900), George de Hevesy (1885), and John Sigismund Zápolya (1540).

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Among GYMNASTS In Hungary

Among gymnasts born in Hungary, Ágnes Keleti ranks 1. After her are István Pelle (1907), Zoltán Magyar (1953), Samu Fóti (1890), Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles (1924), Olga Tass (1929), Ottó Hellmich (1874), Gyula Kakas (1878), Henrietta Ónodi (1974), Szilveszter Csollány (1970), Krisztián Berki (1985), and Zója Székely (2003).

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