Budapest, 14 January 1990
Olympic and world champion Hungarian sabre fencer
He ranked fifth at the caded world championship in 2006. He was 31st among the juniors and 9th with the team. He earned the gold medal at the Junior European Championship in Poznań, and placed sixth in team. Szilágyi was cadet European champion as individual and in team in 2007. He ranked second in the same year at the cadet world championship. Still in 2007, the Hungarian men's sabre team of Áron Szilágyi, Tamács Decsi, Balázs Lontay and Zsolt Nemcsik earned the gold medal at the World Fencing Championship in Saint-Petersburg, and finished in the 42th place in the individual event. He finished second in individual and team events at the Junior European Championship in Prague.
He was sixth in individual and first in team at the Junior World Championship in 2008. AT the European Championship, he was 18th in individual and 7th in team. At the age of 18, he was among the best 16 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The team ranked seventh. The Junior EC in Amsterdam earned a silver medal for the team. He won the Hungarian Championship at the end of the year. He was second in individual and first in team at the Junior World Championship in 2009. He won the U23 European Championship in Debrecen. He ranked 4th in team and 30th in individual at the European Championship. The World Championship in Antalya brought 13th place for him and 3rd for the team. He earned the individual gold medal at the Junior EC, and ranked sixth with the team.
He was third in individual and ninth in team at the Junior World Championship in 2010. 11th individual, 6th team at the European Championship. World Championship, Paris: 6th place individual, 10th place team. Áron reached the 6. place at the Hungarian Championship.
He lost against Nicolas Limbach, Germany in the quarter finals of the 2011 World Fencing Championship in Catania, making him 6th in the sabre events. He also ranked 6th in team. Bronze medal at the European Championship. Sixth in team. He won the individual Hungarian Championship. At the last World Cup before the 2012 Olympics, he earned the gold medal in the men's sabre event in Chicago. At the European Championship, he was 24th in individual and 8th in team. His coach was György Gerevich, who also trained Olympic silver medallist Zsolt Nemcsik. Master coach Béla Somlai has continued his training since the tragic death of Gerevich in August 2008.
He was in the 32 elimination rounds in the individual sabre event at the 2012 London Olympics and beat Peng Kean Yu from Malaysia to 15-1. In the next round, he beat the Chinese defending champion Man Zhong 15 to 10. He continued in the 1/8 elimination round against Max Hartung from Germany, whom he beat 15-13. He continued in the quarter finals winning 15-7 against Nikolay Kovalev. He lead 8-1 against Diego Occhiuzzi from Italy in the finals and eventually became Olympic champion with a score of 15-8. He won the individual sabre event, bringing Hungary the first gold medal of the games.
He ranked 18 as individual and 2 in team with Csaba Gáll, Csanád Gémesi and Nikolász Iliász at the 2013 European Championship in Zagreb. He lost from Russian silver medallist Nikolay Kovalov 14-15 in the individual event of the semifinals at the World Championship in Budapest.
He was elected into the athletes commission of the International Fencing Federation during the world championship.
In February 2014, Áron Szilágyi won the Men's World Cup Sabre Tournament in Padova, beating Ku Bongil from South Korea. He was eliminated in the 1/16 in the individuals, and ranked 6th in team at the European Championship.
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Junior Hungarian Fencer of the Year (2006, 2009)
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Junior Prima award (2010)
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Hungarian Fencer of the Year (2011, 2012)
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Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit (2012)
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Honorary citizen of Budapest (2012)
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Hungarian Athlete of the Year – 3rd place (2012)
