Gábor Benedek, Olympic and world champion in modern pentathlon, has become the oldest living Olympic champion in the world at the age of 98. He takes over this position following the death of the previous oldest living Olympic champion, Armenian footballer Nikita Simonyan (1956 Olympic champion with the Soviet team), who passed away on Sunday at the age of 99.
Gábor Benedek, who now lives in Germany, learned of his new status from the news agency in a phone call that reached him shortly before his afternoon rest.
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