# Agnes Keleti dies at 103 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** olympic-sports\ **Created:** [January 3, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agnes-keleti-dies-at-103/1012503 "2025-01-03T00:14:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agnes-keleti-dies-at-103/1012503/1 "2025-01-03T00:14:44Z")
> **[Ágnes Keleti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81gnes_Keleti)** > > Ágnes Keleti (née Klein; 9 January 1921 – 2 January 2025) was a Hungarian 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 holds Agnes Klein... I saw her obit. in the Washington post, link to the Wikipedia page, no paywall. What an amazing life. Her first Olympics at age 31, in 1952, and her last Olympics at 35 in 1956. She was able to do splits until her doctor asked her to stop at 100! 100! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agnes-keleti-dies-at-103/1012503/2 "2025-01-03T00:33:29Z")
Here’s her gold medal winning beam routine. Wow, have things changed! > **[Agnes Keleti - Balance Beam - 1956 Olympics Gymnastics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HdCsWasqnk%2F)** > > Hungarian gymnast Agnes Keleti at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics gymnastics competition, on beam.Keleti won the gold medal on this event.This video has been cre... ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agnes-keleti-dies-at-103/1012503/3 "2025-01-03T01:40:38Z")
They still do some of the moves she did, just way more aerials. The aerials are what pushed the age of gymnasts into teenagers. She had witnessed so many of the darkest times of history.