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Áron Szilágyi
Personal information
Born (1990-01-14) 14 January 1990 (age 34)
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
CountryHungary
WeaponSabre
Handright-handed
National coachAndrás Decsi
ClubVasas
Former coachBéla Somlai, György Gerevich
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Men's sabre
Representing  Hungary
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 1 1
World Championships 3 4 5
European Championships 4 3 3
Total 10 8 9
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Individual
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Individual
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Saint Petersburg Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Cairo Individual
Gold medal – first place 2023 Milan Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Leipzig Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Cairo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Antalya Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Budapest Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kazan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Wuxi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Milan Individual
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Individual
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Montreux Individual
Gold medal – first place 2018 Novi Sad Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Antalya Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Basel Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Zagreb Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Tbilisi Individual
Silver medal – second place 2019 Düsseldorf Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Sheffield Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Montreux Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tbilisi Team

Áron Szilágyi (Hungarian: [ˈaːron ˈsilaːɟi]; born 14 January 1990) is a Hungarian right-handed sabre fencer.[1] A five-time Olympian, Szilágyi is a three-time individual Olympic champion and 2021 team Olympic bronze medalist.

Szilágyi competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, 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.[2]

Szilágyi is also a 2018 team European champion, 2015 individual European champion, 2007 team world champion, and 2022 individual world champion.

Szilágyi has served as the president of the Vasas Sport Club Fencing Division since 2020.[3][4]

Career

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Szilágyi (L) evades Kovalev's attack in the semi-finals of the 2013 World Fencing Championships
Szilágyi at the 2013 World Fencing Championships

Szilágyi began fencing at age nine at Vasas SC in Budapest, which remains his club as of 2015.[5] His first coach was György Gerevich, whom he considers as his personal hero alongside György's father, seven-time Olympic champion Aladár Gerevich.[5]

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 and Áron Szilágyi were named Hungarian team of the year.[6]

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, and placed third in the individual event of the 2011 European Fencing Championships in Sheffield.

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 and Russia's Nikolay Kovalev to reach the final. After taking an early 7-0 lead over Italy's Diego Occhiuzzi, Szilágyi closed the match on 15–8 to win Hungary's first gold medal in the London games.[7]

Szilágyi featured on the official poster and video campaign of the 2013 World Fencing Championships held in his home city, Budapest.[8] 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 as of 2015.

In the 2014–15 season Szilágyi claimed his first continental title in Montreux, after prevailing over Max Hartung despite a right-ankle injury.[9] 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 with András Decsi, Singapore's national coach and elder brother to Szilágyi's teammate Tamás.[10] He won his second gold medal at the 2016 Olympics, defeating Daryl Homer 15-8 in the final.[11]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Szilágyi won his third gold medal, defeating Luigi Samele 15-7 in the final.[2]

He won the gold medal in the men's sabre event at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.[12]

In January 2024, he received the World Fair Play Award due to his exemplary action in the final of the Gerevich-Kovács-Kárpáti Men’s Sabre World Cup in Budapest in March, 2023.

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Szilágyi was defeated in the first round by Fares Arfa of Canada, his first Olympic defeat since 2008.[13]

Medal record

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Olympic Games

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Year Location Event Position
2012 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom Individual Men's Sabre 1st[14]
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Individual Men's Sabre 1st[15]
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Sabre 1st[16]
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Sabre 3rd[17]
2024 France Paris, France Team Men's Sabre 2rd[18]

World Championships

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Year Location Event Position
2007 Russia St. Petersburg, Russia Team Men's Sabre 1st[19]
2009 Turkey Antalya, Turkey Team Men's Sabre 3rd[20]
2013 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[21]
2014 Russia Kazan, Russia Team Men's Sabre 3rd[22]
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Team Men's Sabre 2nd[23]
2017 Germany Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Sabre 2nd[24]
2018 China Wuxi, China Team Men's Sabre 3rd[25]
2019 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Sabre 2nd[26]
2022 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Sabre 1st[27]
2022 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Team Men's Sabre 2nd[28]

European Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2011 United Kingdom Sheffield, United Kingdom Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[29]
2013 Croatia Zagreb, Croatia Team Men's Sabre 2nd[30]
2015 Switzerland Montreux, Switzerland Individual Men's Sabre 1st[31]
2015 Switzerland Montreux, Switzerland Team Men's Sabre 3rd[32]
2017 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[33]
2017 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia Team Men's Sabre 3rd[34]
2018 Serbia Novi Sad, Serbia Team Men's Sabre 1st[35]
2019 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany Team Men's Sabre 2nd[36]
2022 Turkey Antalya, Turkey Team Men's Sabre 1st
2024 Switzerland Basel, Switzerland Team Men's Sabre 1st

Grand Prix

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Date Location Event Position
2008-06-21 United States Las Vegas, Nevada Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[37]
2009-05-29 Italy Padua, Italy Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[38]
2010-03-21 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[39]
2010-05-28 Italy Padua, Italy Individual Men's Sabre 1st[40]
2012-03-03 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[41]
2013-03-09 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[42]
2014-03-08 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[43]
2014-12-13 United States New York, New York Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[44]
2015-05-29 Russia Moscow, Russia Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[45]
2015-12-12 United States Boston, Massachusetts Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[46]
2017-06-02 Russia Moscow, Russia Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[47]
2017-12-15 Mexico Cancún, Mexico Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[48]
2018-03-30 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Individual Men's Sabre 1st[49]
2019-02-22 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[50]
2019-04-26 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[51]
2022-05-20 Italy Padua, Italy Individual Men's Sabre 1st[52]
2022-12-08 France Orléans, France Individual Men's Sabre 1st[53]

World Cup

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Date Location Event Position
2008-01-19 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[54]
2011-04-28 Greece Athens, Greece Individual Men's Sabre 1st[55]
2012-06-22 United States Chicago, Illinois Individual Men's Sabre 1st[56]
2013-02-08 Spain Madrid, Spain Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[57]
2013-02-15 Italy Padua, Italy Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[58]
2013-04-26 Greece Athens, Greece Individual Men's Sabre 1st[59]
2013-05-03 United States Chicago, Illinois Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[60]
2014-02-14 Italy Padua, Italy Individual Men's Sabre 1st[61]
2014-04-25 Greece Athens, Greece Individual Men's Sabre 1st[62]
2014-11-21 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[63]
2015-02-20 Poland Warsaw, Poland Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[64]
2016-01-29 Italy Padua, Italy Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[65]
2017-02-24 Poland Warsaw, Poland Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[66]
2017-05-19 Spain Madrid, Spain Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[67]
2018-02-02 Italy Padua, Italy Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[68]
2019-05-10 Spain Madrid, Spain Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[69]
2020-02-21 Poland Warsaw, Poland Individual Men's Sabre 1st[70]
2020-03-06 Luxembourg Luxembourg Individual Men's Sabre 1st[71]
2021-03-11 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[72]
2022-03-18 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Sabre 1st[73]
2022-05-08 Spain Madrid, Spain Team Men's Sabre 2nd[74]
2023-02-12 Poland Warsaw, Poland Team Men's Sabre 2nd[75]
2023-03-04 Italy Padua, Italy Team Men's Sabre 1st[76]
2023-03-25 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Sabre 1st[77]
2023-03-26 Team Men's Sabre 3rd[78]

Personal life

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Szilágyi studied international relations at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest.[5] Beside his degree in international relations, he also holds a degree in psychology from Károli Gáspár University.[79] He speaks three languages: Hungarian, English and French. His interests include psychology, travel, coffee and fine wines.

In 2017 he married his long-time girlfriend, Betti.[80] Their son was born in 2023.[81]

Societal engagement

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On 13 February 2013, Áron Szilágyi presented the Bálint Balassi Memorial Sword, an international literary prize founded by Hungary, to French literary translator Jean-Luc Moreau at the Gellért Hotel. In spring 2013, he became a financial education ambassador of TakarékPont, a Hungarian financial service provider.

In 2006, when the New Europe Foundation of MOL was launched, he was one of the first to win the support of the MOL Talent Support Programme. From 2013 until 2022, he was a Member of the Athletes' Commission of the International Fencing Federation, while from 2017-2019 he served as President of the Commission. Since 2017, he has been a goodwill ambassador of the New Europe Foundation, participating in the foundation's charity programmes for young people.

In 2021, he accepted the invitation to become Social Chairman of the Forum for the Protection of Interests of Hungarian Elite Athletes.

Since 2021, he has been a Member of the Athletes' Commission of the Hungarian Olympic Committee.

Awards

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Orders and special awards

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Awards
Preceded by Hungarian Sportsman of The Year
2016
Succeeded by
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Hungary
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Succeeded by