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Agnes Keleti: World's oldest Olympic champion dies at 103

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The oldest female olympic winner, Hungarian born Agnes Keleti, 95, makes a split in front of Hungarian young gymnasts in a local training center of Budapest on January 16, 2016.[AFP]

Agnes Keleti, the world's oldest Olympic champion and Holocaust survivor, has died at the age of 103.

She passed away on Thursday at Budapest hospital, her press official Tamas Roth told AFP, confirming a report from local sports daily Nemzeti Sport.

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