Viktor Szilágyi (born 16 September 1978) is a retired Hungarian-born Austrian

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 for the

Austria men's national handball team The Austria national handball team is the national handball team of Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of A ...

. He retired from professional handball in 2017. Currently, he is the sport director at

THW Kiel THW Kiel is a professional handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 23 titles. 2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed t ...

. His father,

István Szilágyi István Szilágyi (born October 6, 1950, in Tököl) is a Hungarian former handball player. His first major international tournament was the 1974 World Championship, where he finished seventh with Hungary. He represented his country on further ...

is a Hungarian former handball player and current coach, while his brother

Zoltán Szilágyi Zoltán Szilágyi (born 21 June 1967 in Budapest) is a former freestyle swimmer from Hungary, who competed in the 1988, 1992, 2000 Summer Olympics. His daughter, Liliána Szilágyi is also a professional swimmer, specializing in butterfly events ...

is the head coach of

Debreceni VSC Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club is a Hungarian professional football club based in Debrecen that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the first tier of Hungarian football. They are best known internationally for reaching the group stages of the U ...

. He was 6 years old when they moved to Austria and would eventually represent the nation as a part of the Austria national youth team, and the Austria national team.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Szilagyi, Viktor 1978 births Living people Austrian male handball players Hungarian emigrants to Austria Handball players from Budapest Austrian expatriate handball players in Germany THW Kiel players VfL Gummersbach players Hungarian male handball players SG Flensburg-Handewitt players Bergischer HC players Handball administrators