Szilveszter Csollány (; 13 April 1970 – 24 January 2022) was a Hungarian

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who won gold in the men's rings at the

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Life and career

Csollány won gold in the men's rings at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with a score of 9.85. This achievement earned him the title 2000

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. He was again chosen as Sportsman of the Year in 2002 after winning a gold medal at that year's

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. Csollány moved to Iceland in 2011 and became a gymnastics coach at

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Death

In November 2021, Csollány contracted an undisclosed variant of

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. According to his doctor, he was given the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine two weeks before he fell ill. This vaccine requires only one dose. Csollány had previously been critical of vaccination, but finally decided to get vaccinated because of a job abroad. He was hospitalised with

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in mid-November 2021, and put on a ventilator. His condition became more serious in late November and he was transported from

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in Western Hungary to a hospital in the Hungarian capital

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Achievements

* Olympic Games ** 6th place 1992 Barcelona men's rings ** Silver medal 1996 Atlanta men's rings ** Gold medal 2000 Sydney men's rings * World Championships ** Gold medal 2002 Debrecen men's rings ** Silver medal 1992 Paris, 1996 San Juan, 1997 Lausanne, 1999 Tianjin, 2001 Ghent men's rings * European Championships ** Gold medal 1998 men's rings ** Silver medal 2000 men's rings ** Bronze medal 1990, 1992, 1994, 2002 men's rings * Awards and decorations ** Outstanding Youth Sportsman (1989) ** Golden Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (1996) ** Hungarian Gymnast of the Year (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) **

(2000, 2002) ** Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2000) ** Dunaferr Award (2000) ** Immortal of Hungarian Gymnastics (2009) ** Hungarian Tolerance Award (2011)

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