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Nicky91
16-07-2021, 01:34 PM
https://twitter.com/Olympics/status/1415642312118521862

https://dailynewshungary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Keleti-%C3%81gnes-a-Keleti100-konyvel-Fot%C3%B3-R%C3%B3th-Tam%C3%A1s-1.jpg


and picture of back when she was younger in her active career days

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e40aa8e32b1eb9576ccf5b433f15ee7d5bbbb11f/0_48_3000_1800/master/3000.jpg?width=465&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&


in total she has won (of two olympics she competed in, 1952, 1956)

5 gold medals

3 silver medals

2 bronze medals
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also world champion in 1954, in Rome as well as winning a silver and bronze there in the team events

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81gnes_Keleti


Keleti was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1981, the Hungarian Sports Hall of Fame in 1991, the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame in 2001, and the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2002

Keleti was named Hungary's 12 "Athlete's of the Nation" in 2004

In 2017, she was announced laureate of the Israel Prize in the field of sports.