István Szilágyi (born October 6, 1950, in

Tököl Tököl () is a town in Pest County, Hungary. Demography The majority of residents are Hungarians, with a Croatian minority of Bunjevci or Raci. Hungarian Uprising An Budapest-Tököl airfield (47 20 35 N / 18 59 20 E) was built during World ...

) is a Hungarian former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player. His first major international tournament was the 1974 World Championship, where he finished seventh with Hungary. He represented his country on further two World Championships in 1978 and 1982. In 1976 he was part of the Hungarian team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches and scored fifteen goals. Four years later he finished fourth with the Hungarian team in the 1980 Olympic tournament. He played three matches and scored three goals.

Awards

Hungarian Handballer of the Year The Hungarian Handballer of the Year award is an annual prize, which is given to the Hungarian handballer who is considered to have performed the best over the previous calendar year. Presented by the Hungarian Handball Federation since 1964, the ...

: 1976

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* * 1950 births Living people People from Tököl Hungarian male handball players Olympic handball players for Hungary Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Handball players from Pest County Hungarian handball coaches Expatriate handball coaches Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Austria 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-handball-bio-stub