Oh my goodness, that is amazing news! She is still competing at 102 years old!!!???

@aquanaut_chalk You surely misunderstood something, she obviously hasn't competed in many decades. However, she could still do the splits until just a few years ago, and regularly did so whenever somebody did a report on her.

The oldest active gymnast is Johanna Quaas, she last competed in 2018 at 92.

Oh ok. My apologies. I got mixed up there. I had heard of athletes competing over 100, like Stanislaw Kowalski, and I thought that Mrs. Keleti was the oldest active competitor of the age 100 division, but I got the two different groups mixed up. 

At the age of 102 years and 242 days, Ágnes Keleti is now the oldest Olympic Champion ever. She surpassed fellow Hungarian Sándor Tarics (23 September 1913 – 21 May 2016) today, who earned a gold medal with the national water polo team at the 1936 Olympic Games. 

Ágnes Keleti turned 103 yesterday:

Best wishes to her!

Ágnes Keleti is now witnessing her second Summer Olympic Games as a centenarian, being the first champion (and medallist) to achieve this.

A total of six Olympians have achieved this feat so far (source):

• Rudolf Schrader (1875-1981) (gymnast at 1904 St. Louis) - 1976 Montréal & 1980 Moscow
• Walter Walsh (1907-2014) (shooter at 1948 London) - 2008 Beijing & 2012 London
• Félix Sienra (1916-2023) (sailor at 1948 London) - 2016 Rio de Janeiro & 2021 Tokyo
• Yvonne Chabot-Curtet (1920-present) (athlete at 1948 London & 1952 Helsinki) - 2021 Tokyo & 2024 Paris
• Iris Cummings (1920-present) (swimmer at 1936 Berlin) - 2021 Tokyo & 2024 Paris
• Ágnes Keleti (1921-present) (gymnast at 1948 London & 1952 Helsinki) - 2021 Tokyo & 2024 Paris

It must be noted that had 2020 Tokyo been not postponed to 2021, Cummings and Keleti wouldn't be on the list. Mien Schopman-Klaver (1911-2018) also saw two games as a centenarian (2012 London & 2016 Rio de Janeiro), but she was an alternate athlete at 1932 Los Angeles and did not compete.

This is the most recent photo of Ágnes I could find (taken c. 1 June):

Happy Olympics everyone, enjoy the games! Go Hungary!

Five-time Olympic gold medalist gymnast and Holocaust survivor Ágnes Keleti (b. 9 January 1921), the oldest ever Olympic champion, sadly passed away today, on 2 January 2025, in a Budapest hospital, one week before her 104th birthday.

I remember reading about her when she was still in her early 90s, showing tremendous vitality for someone her age. She just kept going – on 9 January 2021, she reached age 100; on 8 September 2023, she became the oldest ever Olympic gold medalist, surpassing Hungarian-American water polo player Sándor Tarics (1913-2016). Ágnes was highly popular in her native Hungary and in Israel too, where she had lived for decades. A true icon – a testament to human persistence, spirit, and greatness.

She will be missed greatly.

Rest in peace, Ágnes Keleti. Nyugodj békében, Ági néni.🖤

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• Iris Cummings (1920-present) (swimmer at 1936 Berlin) - 2021 Tokyo & 2024 Paris

Passed away on 24th January 2025 at 104y 34d, the last survivor of the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

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• Iris Cummings (1920-present) (swimmer at 1936 Berlin) - 2021 Tokyo & 2024 Paris

Passed away on 24th January 2025 at 104y 34d, the last survivor of the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

 

Very sad news. What a witness to history she was. Rest in peace, Iris Cummings.

And now the oldest Olympian, Yvonne Chabot-Curtet, has died at 104y 269d. 

4 of the 5 oldest Olympians have died since New Year's Day.

The oldest Olympian now is apparently Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves of Canada, 1952 Alpine Skier; 103y 33d.

As for the Summer Olympics, the oldest athlete is now William de Rham (SUI), born on January 22, 1922, he is an equestrian and participated in the 1956 Jumping event.