Agi Keleti: The Jewish Olympian’s Story of Survival and Triumph – Exhibit and Speaker Michael Gyory

This event sponsored by the Ossining Public Library and HHREC will feature a presentation by HHREC Board Chairperson and GenerationsForward Speaker Michael Gyory on the oldest living Olympian and Holocaust survivor, Agi Keleti, his father’s cousin.

Agi Keleti: The Jewish Olympian’s Story of Survival and Triumph is a very special exhibition that offers compelling insight into the story of a young girl’s survival during the Holocaust and incredible drive to leave a legacy of courage, strength and will to win.

Born in Budapest, Hungary, on January 9, 1921, Keleti’s journey is a tale of accomplishments. Her athletic prowess led her to win five Olympic gold medals. She first captured gold in Helsinki in 1952 and followed that with an astounding four golds in Melbourne in 1956.

This exhibit of 6 individual panels chronicle her life story as she survived the Nazis and outlasted the Communists to become the greatest female Jewish Olympian of all time and today, she is the oldest living Olympic medalist. Listen how Agi survived the Nazis and outlasted the Communists to become the greatest female Jewish Olympian of all time winning 10 metals in women’s gymnastics for her native Hungary.