Agnes Keleti, who was the world's oldest living Olympic gold medallist and a Holocaust survivor, has died at the age of 103.
The five-time Olympic champion Hungarian gymnast won her first gold aged 31 at the 1952 Games in Helsinki, before winning four more in Melbourne in 1956 to become the oldest female gymnast to win gold.
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The five-time Olympic champion Hungarian gymnast won her first gold aged 31 at the 1952 Games in Helsinki, before winning four more in Melbourne in 1956 to become the oldest female gymnast to win gold.
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00:00Agnes Kelesi, the world's oldest living Olympic champion, has died at the age of 103.
00:06The Hungarian gymnast won five gold medals, four of them at the Melbourne Games in 1952.
00:12She was the second most successful Hungarian Olympian of all time.
00:16She was also a survivor of the persecution of the Jews in the Second World War.
00:21Our correspondent Pablo Gutiérrez spoke to her before the Paris Olympics last year.
00:27Sports offered me lifelong benefits that extended far beyond just the game itself.