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Holocaust survivor and oldest living Olympic medal-winner dies at 103

AGNES KELETI, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal-winner, has died. She was 103.

Keleti died this morning in Budapest, the Hungarian state news agency reported. She was hospitalised in critical condition with pneumonia on December 25.

She won a total of 10 Olympic medals in gymnastics, including five golds, for Hungary at the 1952 Helsinki Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games. She overcame the loss of her father and several relatives in the Holocaust to become one of the most successful Jewish Olympic athletes.

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