Although she turned 99 on Thursday, even a 9-year-old would have a hard time keeping up with Agnes Keleti's irrepressible energy and enthusiasm.
Keleti is the oldest living Olympic champion and a Holocaust survivor. She won 10 medals in gymnastics -- including five golds -- at the 1952 Helsinki Games and at the 1956 Melbourne Games.
"The past? Let's talk about the future," Keleti said. "That's what should be beautiful. The past is past but there is still a future." Even standing on the podium to get her medals didn't really appeal to her: "I didn't want to show myself. I loved to do gymnastics." The climbing days may be behind her but she seems most happy taking walks around Budapest, where she returned a few years ago after living for decades in Israel, or travelling to places like Barcelona, which she visited last year.
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