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French cyclist, and Olympic champion in the team pursuit during the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, Charles Coste poses with a photograph prior to receive the Legion d’honneur at the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, on April 13, 2022. Cycling champions Charles Coste has died on October 30, 2025, at the age of 101, announced France’s Minister of Sports, Marina Ferrari, on twitter on November 2, 2025.
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French cyclist Charles Coste, who had been the world’s oldest living Olympic gold medallist, has died aged 101, French media reported on Sunday (November 2, 2025).
Coste, who won Olympic gold in track cycling’s team pursuit alongside Pierre Adam, Serge Blusson, and Fernand Decanali, passed away on Thursday.
He had been the world’s oldest living Olympic gold medallist following the death of Hungarian artistic gymnast Agnes Keleti at the age of 103 on 2 January 2025.
Coste was one of the torchbearers during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
His record also includes the 1949 Grand Prix des Nations, a 140-km time trial in which he beat Italian Fausto Coppi, a Tour de France and Giro d’Italia champion.
Published – November 04, 2025 03:41 am IST
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World’s oldest living gold medallist Charles Coste dies at 101
