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Áron Szilágyi (; born 14 January 1990) is a Hungarian right-handed
Szilágyi began fencing at age nine at
Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2016)
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Order of Merit of Hungary – Grand Cross (2021)
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.
Szilágyi is a 2018 team European champion, 2015 individual European champion, 2007 team world champion, and 2022 individual world champion.
A four-time Olympian, Szilágyi is a three-time individual Olympic champion and 2021 team Olympic bronze medalist. Szilágyi competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
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, the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
In Tokyo, Szilágyi became the only male fencer in history to win three individual Olympic gold medals.
Szilágyi has served as the president of the Vasas Sport Club Fencing Division since 2020.
Career
Szilágyi began fencing at age nine at Vasas SC Vasas may refer to:
* Vasas SC, Hungarian sports club
*Győri Vasas, former name of Hungarian sports club Győri ETO (1950-65)
*Mihály Vasas (born 1933), Hungarian footballer and manager
*Zoltán Vasas
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in Budapest, which remains his club . His first coach was György Gerevich, whom he considers as his personal hero alongside György's father, seven-time Olympic champion Aladár Gerevich.
While he was still a cadet, Szilágyi joined the senior Hungarian team for the 2007 World Fencing Championships in Saint-Petersburg. Hungary won their first gold medal in men's sabre since 1998 after defeating France 45–43. For this performance, Tamás Decsi, Balázs Lontay, Zsolt Nemcsik
Zsolt Nemcsik (born 15 August 1977 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sabre fencer. He competed at three Olympic Games.
Nemcsik's two greatest accomplishments is winning the silver medal in the 2004 Olympic Games after losing to Aldo Montano in t ...
and Áron Szilágyi were named Hungarian team of the year.
He competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing 15th in the individual event and 7th in the team event. He earned team bronze in the 2009 World Fencing Championships in Antalya
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, and placed third in the individual event of the 2011 European Fencing Championships in Sheffield
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The only Hungarian to qualify to the men's sabre event of the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was seeded no.5. In the table of 16 he defeated 2008 Olympic champion Zhong Man of China, then overcame Germany's Max Hartung
Maximilian Hartung (born 8 October 1989) is a German right-handed sabre fencer, two-time team European champion, two-time individual European champion, 2014 team world champion, and two-time Olympian.
Hartung is chairman of the Athletes Commis ...
and Russia's Nikolay Kovalev to reach the final. After taking an early 7-0 lead over Italy's Diego Occhiuzzi
Diego Occhiuzzi (born 30 April 1981) is an Italian fencer and olympic medal winner in team sabre competition. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's sabre where he lost to Áron Szilágyi in the final round to win the silver med ...
, Szilágyi closed the match on 15–8 to win Hungary's first gold medal in the London games.
Szilágyi featured on the official poster and video campaign of the 2013 World Fencing Championships held in his home city, Budapest. He was defeated in the semi-finals by Nikolay Kovalev and took the bronze medal. In the team event, Hungary was eliminated in the table of 8 by Romania and finished 7th after the ranking matches. Szilágyi finished the season world no.2, a career best .
In the 2014–15 season Szilágyi claimed his first continental title in Montreux, after prevailing over Max Hartung despite a right-ankle injury. Hartung took his revenge in the 2015 World Fencing Championships by defeating Szilágyi in the quarter-finals of the individual event.
After the competition Szilágyi announced that he would prepare for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
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with András Decsi, Singapore's national coach and elder brother to Szilágyi's teammate Tamás. He won his second gold medal at the 2016 Olympics, defeating Daryl Homer 15-8 in the final.
At the 2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
, Szilágyi won his third gold medal, defeating Luigi Samele 15-7 in the final.
He won the gold medal in the men's sabre event at the 2022 World Fencing Championships
The 2022 World Fencing Championships was held from 15 to 23 July 2022 in Cairo, Egypt.
Schedule
Twelve events were held.
''All times are local (UTC+2).''
Medal summary Medal table
Men
Women
References
External linksOfficial website
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held in Cairo, Egypt.
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championship
Grand Prix
World Cup
Personal life
Szilágyi studied international relations at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. Beside his degree in international relations, he also holds a degree in psychology from Károli Gáspár University. He got married in 2017.Awards
*Hungarian Sportsman of the Year
Hungarian Sportspeople of the Year awards are granted each year since 1958, with categories for sportsmen, sportswomen, teams, coach (sports), coaches (since 1985) and presidents (since 1995).
List of winners
Statistics
Individual winners ...
: 2016, 2021
*Hungarian Junior fencer of the Year: 2006, 2009
*Junior Príma award (2010)
* Hungarian Fencer of the Year (6): 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021
*Honorary Citizen of Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
(2012)
*FIE Fair Play Award: 2019
;Orders and special awards
* Order of Merit of Hungary
The Hungarian Order of Merit ( hu, Magyar Érdemrend) is the fourth highest State Order of Hungary. Founded in 1991, the order is a revival of an original order founded in 1946 and abolished in 1949. Its origins, however, can be traced to the O ...
– Officer's Cross (2012)
* Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2016)
* Order of Merit of Hungary – Grand Cross (2021)
References
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