Hungarian Olympic gymnast (born 1921)

Ágnes Keleti

Ágnes Keleti 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.

Born

1921

January 9

Died

2025

Era

1920s

Country

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Ágnes, in brief

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1921 Born
2025 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

400 Aelia Eudoxia is officially crowned empress of the Eastern Roman Empire.
475 Verina, the Eastern Roman dowager Empress, instigates a riot in Constantinople and persuades emperor Zeno, her son-in-law, to flee. The Byzantine senate, however, acclaims Basiliscus as emperor and not her lover Patricius.
681 Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.
1038 An earthquake in Dingxiang, China kills an estimated 32,300.

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The world in 1921

When Ágnes arrived

april 11 Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
april 2 The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
august 14 Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
august 23 British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary; of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.

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Álvaro Soler 1991– Spanish singer-songwriter Chad Johnson 1978– American football player Giovanni Papini 1881–1956 Italian journalist, author, and poet (died 1956) Gracie Fields 1898–1979 English actress and singer (died 1979) Halyna Kuzmenko 1897–1978 Ukrainian teacher and anarchist revolutionary (died 1978) J. K. Simmons 1955– American actor Joely Richardson 1965– English actress John B. Watson 1879–1958 American psychologist and academic (died 1958) Scott Walker 1943–2019 American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2019)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1921

Alexander Dubček 1921–1992 Slovak soldier and politician (died 1992) Art Clokey 1921–2010 American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921) Bill Willis 1921–2007 American football player and coach (born 1921) Brian Moore 1921–1999 Northern Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (died 1999) Esther Williams 1921–2013 American swimmer and actress (died 2013) Ezzard Charles 1921–1975 American boxer (died 1975) Franciszek Blachnicki 1921–1987 Polish priest (born 1921) Franco Corelli 1921–2003 Italian tenor and actor (died 2003) George S. Hammond 1921– American scientist (died 2005)

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