Gábor Benedek
Hungarian modern pentathlete
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Gábor Benedek (born 23 March 1927) is a Hungarian modern pentathlete and Olympic champion.
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Born23 March 1927
Tiszaföldvár, Hungary
SportModern pentathlon
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Benedek won a gold medal in the modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki with the Hungarian team.[1][2] He became the first Hungarian world champion in modern pentathlon.[3]
After the death of Ágnes Keleti, Benedek became the oldest living Hungarian Olympic champion.[4] On 23 November 2025, following the death of Nikita Simonyan, Benedek became the oldest living Olympic champion.[5][6]
