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Hungarian-Israeli retired Olympic and world champion artistic gymnast Agnes Keleti.

In this file photo taken on November 11, 2020, Hungarian-Israeli retired Olympic and world champion artistic gymnast Agnes Keleti shows her first gold medal (right) won during the Olympic Games in Helsinki and her second one (left) won in Melbourne as she poses for photos in her apartment in Budapest. 

| Attila Kibenedek | AFP

Oldest living Olympic champion to celebrate 100th birthday

What you need to know:

  • After she retired from competition, she worked as a physical education teacher, and became head coach of the Israeli national gymnastics team.
  • She was only able to return home to then-communist Hungary -- where she has lived since 2015 -- for the World Athletics championships in 1983.
  • "It was worth doing something well in life, considering the attention I have received, I get the shivers when I see all the articles written about me," Keleti says.

Budapest

Hungarian gymnast Agnes Keleti, the world's oldest living Olympic champion as well as a Holocaust survivor, is still showing off ahead of turning 100 on Saturday.