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Hungarian Agnes Keleti is the world's oldest living Olympian at 103. Her gymnastics career was interrupted by the war when she was forced to flee Nazi persecution in Budapest because of her Jewish faith.

She was the most successful athlete at the 1956 Summer Olympics, winning four golds and two silvers.

Ashley Byrne speaks to Agnes’ nephew John Bence who watched his aunt as a teenager. This is a Made in Manchester production for the Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service.

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(Photo: Agnes Keleti, photograhed aged 95, makes a split in front of Hungarian gymnasts. Credit: Peter Kohalmi/AFP via Getty Images)