Erzsébet Balázs-Baranyai (October 15, 1920 − November 24, 2014) was a Hungarian

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who competed at the

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in London, where she won a silver medal in the women's team competition after replacing an injured

Ágnes Keleti Ágnes Keleti (née Klein; ; 9 January 1921 – 2 January 2025) was a Hungarian and Israeli artistic gymnast and coach, who won multiple Olympic medals. She was the oldest living Olympic champion and medallist, reaching her 100th birthday on ...

. Born in Budapest, she was introduced to gymnastics at the age of 18 and competed out of Postás SE while earning a degree in physical education from

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. From 1952 through 1971 she worked as a coach with

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, becoming the head gymnastics coach in 1960. From there she spent two years at the Debreceni Városi Sportiskola (

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School of Sport) prior to becoming a coach for Hungary's delegation of women gymnasts to the

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and retiring in 1977. She was married to

László Baranyai László Baranyai (13 January 1920 – 14 December 1984) was a Hungarian gymnast, born in Budapest. He competed in gymnastics events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and official ...

, who won a bronze medal in the men's team competition at the same Olympic Games. She died on November 24, 2014, at the age of 94.

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