Áron Szilágyi
| Áron Szilágyi | |
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At the 2013 World Championships in Budapest
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented |
 Hungary
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| Born |
14 January 1990 Budapest, Hungary |
| Weapon(s) | Sabre |
| Hand | right-handed |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st) |
| Club |
 Vasas SC
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| Head coach(es) | András Decsi |
| Former coach(es) | Béla Somlai, György Gerevich |
| FIE Ranking | current ranking |
Áron Szilágyi (pronounced [ˈaːron ˈsilaːɟi]; born 14 January 1990) is a Hungarian sabre fencer, team world champion in 2007, two-time Olympic champion in 2012 and 2016 and European champion in 2015.
Szilágyi began fencing at age nine at Vasas SC in Budapest, which remains his club as of 2015[update]. His first coach was György Gerevich, whom he considers as his personal hero alongside György's father, seven-time Olympic champion Aladár Gerevich.
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.
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.
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