András Ruszanov, a sports history scholar and Olympic researcher, compiled special statistics for Áron Szilágyi, who wrote the history of sports at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Áron Szilágyi is the first
– a male fencer who has won individually in three consecutive Olympics (Valentina Vezzali performed this feat in a female single dagger);
– a Hungarian athlete of the XXI century, who won three singles Olympic Games in single numbers;
– a Hungarian athlete of the XXI century, who is among the individual Olympic champions of all times (summer, winter, men’s, women’s) and has 3 consecutive Olympic victories in the eternal ranking (in the 20th century Laszlo Pap and Kristina Egerszegi 3-3 victories );
– Hungarian athlete, who won 3 Olympic championships on 3 different continents (Europe, South America, Asia);
– Hungarian fencer, who entered the eternal classification with three consecutive Olympic victories among all-time single Olympic champions (summer, winter, men and women) (20th place);
A Hungarian fencer who defended his individual Olympic title in two consecutive Olympics.
Obtained by Áron Szilágyi
– Coin No. 88 of the Hungarian Duel,
– 38th gold medal for Hungarian fencing,
– Coin No. 67 of the Hungarian Men’s Duel,
30th gold medal in Hungarian men’s fencing
– Coin number 46 of the art of fencing for Hungarian men
– 25th gold medal in men’s Hungarian sword fencing,
– Hungarian men won the 15th individual Olympic championship in fencing with the Tokyo Gold Medal.
In the individual issue of men’s fencing, Hungary is the only country to have won at least one Olympic title on 4 continents (where the Olympics have been held so far):
Europe (10): Fuchs (London 1908, Stockholm 1912), Posta (Paris 1924), Tersztyánszky (Amsterdam 1928), Nightmare (Berlin 1936), Gerevich (London 1948), Kovács (Helsinki 1952), Carpathians (Rome 1960), Szabó (Barcelona 1992), Szilágyi (London 2012).
Asia (2): Pézsa (Tokyo 1964), Szilágyi (Tokyo).
Australia (1): Carpathian (Melbourne 1956).
America (2): Beller (Los Angeles 1932), Zillaghi (Rio 2016).
Áron Szilágyi is the youngest fencer in the world, winning 3 consecutive Olympics for 31 years and 6 months in 10 days. (Valentina Vezzali was 34 years, 5 months and 28 days old when she won her third singles Dagger title in 2008.)
The last time Krisztina Egerszegi won the Olympic gold with the same single number in 3 consecutive Olympics (1988-1992-1996, with a 200-meter backstroke), and like Aaron, she won on 3 different continents.
He last defeated Oron Szilagyi at the Olympics 4,728 days ago (12 years 11 months ago), in 2008 in Beijing in the third round by American fencer Keith Smart.
Áron Szilágyi is unbeaten at the Olympics for 3,282 days (8 years, 11 months, and 25 days).
With Aar’s possible start at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, that number will increase to 4,381 days (11 years 11 months and 28 days)
Ilona Elk, 3 Olympics – 1936 and 1952 – undefeated for 5,835 days (15 years, 11 months and 22 days), was eliminated in the 1952 dagger final. To this day, he is the undefeated Hungarian leader in singles numbers at the Summer Olympics in terms of duration.
Danuta Kozak could join Hungarian Olympic singles champions Laszlo Papp, Kristina Egerszegi and Aaron Zelagiye with their potential win in the K-1500m competition in Tokyo, who have won three consecutive Olympics.
