Áron Szilágyi facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Áron Szilágyi
Szilágyi at the 2013 World Championships in Budapest
Personal information
Born	(1990-01-14) 14 January 1990 (age 35) Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country	Hungary
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Sabre
Hand	right-handed
National coach	András Decsi
Club	Vasas
Former coach	Béla Somlai, György Gerevich
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Men's sabre Representing  Hungary Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 1 1 World Championships 3 5 5 European Championships 5 4 3 Olympic Games Gold 2012 London Individual Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual Gold 2020 Tokyo Individual Silver 2024 Paris Team Bronze 2020 Tokyo Team World Championships Gold 2007 Saint Petersburg Team Gold 2022 Cairo Individual Gold 2023 Milan Team Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team Silver 2017 Leipzig Team Silver 2019 Budapest Team Silver 2022 Cairo Team Silver 2025 Tbilisi Team Bronze 2009 Antalya Team Bronze 2013 Budapest Individual Bronze 2014 Kazan Team Bronze 2018 Wuxi Team Bronze 2023 Milan Individual European Games Bronze 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Individual European Championships Gold 2015 Montreux Individual Gold 2018 Novi Sad Team Gold 2022 Antalya Team Gold 2024 Basel Team Gold 2025 Genoa Team Silver 2013 Zagreb Team Silver 2017 Tbilisi Individual Silver 2019 Düsseldorf Team Silver 2025 Genoa Individual Bronze 2011 Sheffield Individual Bronze 2015 Montreux Team Bronze 2017 Tbilisi Team

Áron Szilágyi is a famous fencer from Hungary. He was born on January 14, 1990. He uses a sabre, which is a type of sword used in fencing. Áron is known for being one of the best fencers in the world.

He has competed in the Olympic Games five times. He has won three individual gold medals at the Olympics, which is a record for a male fencer! He also won a team bronze medal in 2021 and a team silver medal in 2024.

Áron has also won many medals at other big competitions. He was a team European champion in 2018 and an individual European champion in 2015. He also won a team world championship in 2007 and an individual world championship in 2022.

Since 2020, Áron has been the president of the Fencing Division at the Vasas Sport Club.

Áron's Fencing Journey

Áron Szilágyi (left) during a match in 2013.

Áron Szilágyi at the 2013 World Fencing Championships.

Áron started fencing when he was nine years old. He joined the Vasas SC club in Budapest, and he still trains there today. His first coach was György Gerevich. Áron looks up to György and his father, Aladár Gerevich, who won seven Olympic gold medals.

When Áron was still a young fencer, he joined the senior Hungarian team. This was for the 2007 World Fencing Championships in Russia. His team won the gold medal, which was a big achievement for Hungary. Because of this win, Áron and his teammates were named the Hungarian team of the year.

He competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He finished 15th in the individual event and 7th with his team. In 2009, he won a team bronze medal at the World Fencing Championships in Turkey. He also won an individual bronze medal at the 2011 European Fencing Championships in England.

Olympic Gold Medals

Áron was the only Hungarian fencer to qualify for the men's sabre event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He was ranked number 5. He beat the 2008 Olympic champion, Zhong Man, and then other strong fencers to reach the final. In the final match, he quickly took a big lead and won the gold medal. This was Hungary's first gold medal at those games.

In 2013, the World Fencing Championships were held in his hometown, Budapest. Áron was featured on the official poster for the event. He won a bronze medal in the individual competition. He finished that year as the world's number 2 fencer, which was his best ranking at that time.

For the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Áron trained with a new coach, András Decsi. He won his second Olympic gold medal there, beating Daryl Homer in the final.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Áron made history. He won his third individual gold medal, beating Luigi Samele in the final. This made him the only male fencer ever to win three individual Olympic gold medals.

In 2022, he won another gold medal at the World Fencing Championships in Egypt. In 2024, at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Áron had his first Olympic defeat since 2008.

Medal Record

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Event	Position
2012	London, United Kingdom	Individual Men's Sabre	1st
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Individual Men's Sabre	1st
2021	Tokyo, Japan	Individual Men's Sabre	1st
2021	Tokyo, Japan	Team Men's Sabre	3rd
2024	Paris, France	Team Men's Sabre	2nd

World Championships

Year	Location	Event	Position
2007	St. Petersburg, Russia	Team Men's Sabre	1st
2009	Antalya, Turkey	Team Men's Sabre	3rd
2013	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd
2014	Kazan, Russia	Team Men's Sabre	3rd
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Team Men's Sabre	2nd
2017	Leipzig, Germany	Team Men's Sabre	2nd
2018	Wuxi, China	Team Men's Sabre	3rd
2019	Budapest, Hungary	Team Men's Sabre	2nd
2022	Cairo, Egypt	Individual Men's Sabre	1st
2022	Cairo, Egypt	Team Men's Sabre	2nd
2023	Milan, Italy	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd
2023	Milan, Italy	Team Men's Sabre	1st

European Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2011	Sheffield, United Kingdom	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd
2013	Zagreb, Croatia	Team Men's Sabre	2nd
2015	Montreux, Switzerland	Individual Men's Sabre	1st
2015	Montreux, Switzerland	Team Men's Sabre	3rd
2017	Tbilisi, Georgia	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd
2017	Tbilisi, Georgia	Team Men's Sabre	3rd
2018	Novi Sad, Serbia	Team Men's Sabre	1st
2019	Düsseldorf, Germany	Team Men's Sabre	2nd
2022	Antalya, Turkey	Team Men's Sabre	1st
2024	Basel, Switzerland	Team Men's Sabre	1st

Grand Prix

Date	Location	Event	Position
2008-06-21	Las Vegas, Nevada	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd
2009-05-29	Padua, Italy	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd
2010-03-21	Tunis, Tunisia	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd
2010-05-28	Padua, Italy	Individual Men's Sabre	1st
2012-03-03	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd
2013-03-09	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd
2014-03-08	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd
2014-12-13	New York, New York	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd
2015-05-29	Moscow, Russia	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd
2015-12-12	Boston, Massachusetts	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd
2017-06-02	Moscow, Russia	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd
2017-12-15	Cancún, Mexico	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd
2018-03-30	Seoul, South Korea	Individual Men's Sabre	1st
2019-02-22	Cairo, Egypt	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd
2019-04-26	Seoul, South Korea	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd
2022-05-20	Padua, Italy	Individual Men's Sabre	1st
2022-12-08	Orléans, France	Individual Men's Sabre	1st
2023-04-27	Seoul, South Korea	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd
2024-01-13	Tunis, Tunisia	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd

World Cup

Date	Location	Event	Position
2008-01-19	Istanbul, Turkey	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd
2011-04-28	Athens, Greece	Individual Men's Sabre	1st
2012-06-22	Chicago, Illinois	Individual Men's Sabre	1st
2013-02-08	Madrid, Spain	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd
2013-02-15	Padua, Italy	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd
2013-04-26	Athens, Greece	Individual Men's Sabre	1st
2013-05-03	Chicago, Illinois	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd
2014-02-14	Padua, Italy	Individual Men's Sabre	1st
2014-04-25	Athens, Greece	Individual Men's Sabre	1st
2014-11-21	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd
2015-02-20	Warsaw, Poland	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd
2016-01-29	Padua, Italy	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd
2017-02-24	Warsaw, Poland	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd
2017-05-19	Madrid, Spain	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd
2018-02-02	Padua, Italy	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd
2019-05-10	Madrid, Spain	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd
2020-02-21	Warsaw, Poland	Individual Men's Sabre	1st
2020-03-06	Luxembourg	Individual Men's Sabre	1st
2021-03-11	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd
2022-03-18	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Sabre	1st
2022-05-08	Madrid, Spain	Team Men's Sabre	2nd
2023-02-12	Warsaw, Poland	Team Men's Sabre	2nd
2023-03-04	Padua, Italy	Team Men's Sabre	1st
2023-03-25	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Sabre	1st
2023-03-26		Team Men's Sabre	3rd
2023-11-09	Algiers, Algeria	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd
2024-02-09	Tbilisi, Georgia	Individual Men's Sabre	1st

Áron's Life Outside Fencing

Áron Szilágyi has studied international relations and psychology at universities in Budapest. He can speak three languages: Hungarian, English, and French. He enjoys learning about psychology, traveling, and trying different coffees and wines.

In 2017, he married his longtime girlfriend, Betti. They had a son named Leó in 2023.

Helping Others and Awards

Áron is also involved in helping his community. He has supported young athletes through the MOL Talent Support Programme. He was also a member and president of the Athletes' Commission for the International Fencing Federation. This means he helped represent fencers from all over the world.

He also works as a goodwill ambassador for the New Europe Foundation. He helps with their charity programs for young people. In 2021, he joined a group that protects the interests of Hungarian elite athletes. He is also a member of the Athletes' Commission for the Hungarian Olympic Committee.

Áron has received many awards for his achievements:

• Hungarian Sportsman of the Year: 2016, 2021
• Hungarian Junior fencer of the Year: 2006, 2009
• Junior Príma award (2010)
• Hungarian Fencer of the Year (7 times): 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
• Honorary Citizen of Budapest (2012)
• FIE Fair Play Award: 2019 (for showing good sportsmanship)
• World Fair Play Award: 2024 (for an exemplary action in a competition)

He has also received special honors from Hungary:

• Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit (2012)
• Commander's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit (2016)
• Grand Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit (2021)
• Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen (2023)

See also

In Spanish: Áron Szilágyi para niños