Zoltán Szilágyi (born 21 June 1967 in

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) is a former

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from

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, who competed in the

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. His daughter,

Liliána Szilágyi Liliána Szilágyi (born 19 November 1996) is a Hungarian swimmer, who specialized in the butterfly events. Career She collected two medals (gold and silver) in the 100 and 200 m butterfly at the 2012 European Junior Swimming Championships in A ...

is also a professional swimmer, specializing in butterfly events. In December 2021, his daughter accused him of

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her mentally, physically and sexually since she was a young child. In a subsequent statement, he denied the accusations, and threatened to sue his daughter. The

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also released a statement and promised to launch an investigation into the matter.

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* 1967 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Hungary Hungarian male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub