Legendary Olympian Agnes Keleti, Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 103

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Agnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and multiple Olympic medalist, passed away on Thursday at the age of 103, as reported by the “AP” news agency.

Keleti had been hospitalized in critical condition with pneumonia on December 25.

She won a total of ten Olympic medals in gymnastics, including five golds, for Hungary at the 1952 Helsinki and 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.

She survived the Holocaust, during which she lost her father and several other family members, and became one of the most successful Jewish Olympians in history.

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