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Holocaust Survivor and Olympic Gymnast Agnes Keleti Was a Jewish Inspiration

JL;DR SUMMARY Agnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and legendary Olympic gymnast, passed away at 103, leaving a legacy as a pioneering athlete and an inspirational figure. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryHolocaustHungaryResilienceJewish AthletesAgnes KeletiGymnasticsOlympics

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Budapest, Hungary
"Keleti was 18, one of two daughters of a well-to-do Jewish family in Budapest, when World War II broke out and dashed her hopes of participating in the 1940 Olympics."
Israel
"In Israel, where she resided for half of her storied life, they call her the mother of Israeli gymnastics."
Hungary
"She left Israel in 2015 and went back to Hungary to be close to her youngest son, who never strayed far from his mother and always doted on her in interviews."
Australia
"She made it there in 1957, a year after seeking asylum in Australia after the 1956 Hungarian uprising."

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