Nikolász Iliász (born 3 November 1991) is a Hungarian
sabre
A sabre ( French: sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as th ...
fencer, team bronze medallist at the
2009 World Championships and silver team medallist at the
2013 European Championships.
Career
Iliász first tried different sports and took up fencing in 2002 at
Vasas SC in Budapest on the suggestion of his grandmother, who had practiced it. His first coach was György Gerevich, son of seven-time Olympic champion
Aladár Gerevich
Aladár Gerevich (16 March 1910 – 14 May 1991) was a Hungarian fencer, regarded as "the greatest Olympic swordsman ever". He won seven gold medals in sabre at six different Olympic Games.
Biography
Gerevich is only one of two athletes to ...
, who also trained Olympic champion
Áron Szilágyi
Áron Szilágyi (; born 14 January 1990) is a Hungarian right-handed sabre fencer.
Szilágyi is a 2018 team European champion, 2015 individual European champion, 2007 team world champion, and 2022 individual world champion.
A four-time Oly ...
. In 2007 he joined the cadet national team, with which he won a gold medal at the Cadet European Championships in Novi Sad and a silver medal at the Cadet European Championships in Prag. The following year he earned an individual gold medal both at the Cadet and Junior European Championships, as well as a team gold and an individual bronze at the Junior World Championships in Acireale. He became Junior World champion in Baku in 2010 after defeating Germany's
Sebastian Schroedter.
Iliász joined the senior national team as reserve in the 2009. With them he took part to the
World Championships in Antalya. Hungary prevailed over Belarus in the quarter-finals, but lost to Romania in the semi-finals. They overcame Russia by a single hit and came away with a bronze medal. In the
2009–10 season he made his breakthrough with three bronze medals in the Budapest Grand Prix and the Warsaw and Isla de Margarita World Cups. At the
2010 World Championships in Paris Iliász reached the table of 16 after defeating No.3 seed
Gu Bon-gil
Gu Bon-gil ( or ; born 27 April 1989) is a South Korean right-handed sabre fencer.
Gu is an eight-time team Asian champion, seven-time individual Asian champion, and three-time team world champion.
A three-time Olympian, Gu is a two-time te ...
, but he lost to Russia's
Veniamin Reshetnikov
Veniamin Sergeyevich Reshetnikov (russian: Вениамин Сергеевич Решетников; born 28 July 1986) is a Russian left-handed sabre fencer.
Reshetnikov is a two-time team European champion, two-time individual European champ ...
and finished 13th. He closed the season No.14 in World rankings. For this performance and his Junior World title he was named best male junior athlete of the year by the Hungarian National Institute for Sport (Nemzeti Sportintézet).
The following seasons proved disappointing and Iliász was dropped from the national team. He was selected again in 2013 for the
European Championships
The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...
in Zagreb. Hungary saw off Germany and Ukraine, but yielded to Italy in the final and came away with a silver medal.
Iliász is a student at
Eötvös Loránd University
Eötvös Loránd University ( hu, Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, ELTE) is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in Hung ...
in Budapest.
References
External links
Profileat the European Fencing Confederation
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1991 births
Living people
Hungarian male sabre fencers
World Fencing Championships medalists