Áron Szilágyi

Áron Szilágyi, born on 14 January 1990, is a Hungarian right-handed sabre fencer and a five-time Olympian. He is a three-time individual Olympic champion, a 2021 team Olympic bronze medalist and a 2024 team Olympic silver medalist, and at Tokyo he became the only male fencer in history to win three individual Olympic gold medals. He began fencing at nine at Vasas SC in Budapest under György Gerevich, whom he counts as a personal hero alongside György's father Aladár Gerevich, and he has served as president of the Vasas Sport Club fencing division since 2020. He joined the senior Hungarian team as a cadet for the 2007 World Fencing Championships and won the team world title there. He finished fifteenth individually and seventh in the team event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was the only Hungarian in the men's sabre at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is also a 2018 team European champion, 2015 individual European champion and 2022 individual world champion.