Szilveszter Csollány
Hungarian gymnast (1970–2022)
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Szilveszter Csollány (Hungarian: [ˈsilvɛstɛr ˈt͡ʃollaːɲ]; 13 April 1970 – 24 January 2022) was a Hungarian gymnast who won gold in the men's rings at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Hungary
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| Born | 13 April 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 January 2022 (aged 51) Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life and career
Csollány won gold in the men's rings at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with a score of 9.85. This achievement earned him the title 2000 Hungarian Sportsman of the Year. He was again chosen as Sportsman of the Year in 2002 after winning a gold medal at that year's World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Csollány moved to Iceland in 2011 and became a gymnastics coach at Grótta.[1]
Death
In November 2021, Csollány contracted an undisclosed variant of SARS-CoV-2. According to his doctor, he was given the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine two weeks before he fell ill. This vaccine requires only one dose. Csollány had previously been critical of vaccination, but finally decided to get vaccinated because of a job abroad.[2] He was hospitalised with COVID-19 in mid-November 2021, and put on a ventilator.[3] His condition became more serious in late November and he was transported from Sopron in Western Hungary to a hospital in the Hungarian capital Budapest.[4][5]
Achievements
- Olympic Games
- 6th place 1992 Barcelona men's rings
- Silver medal 1996 Atlanta men's rings
- Gold medal 2000 Sydney men's rings
- World Championships
- Gold medal 2002 Debrecen men's rings
- Silver medal 1992 Paris, 1996 San Juan, 1997 Lausanne, 1999 Tianjin, 2001 Ghent men's rings
- European Championships
- Gold medal 1998 men's rings
- Silver medal 2000 men's rings
- Bronze medal 1990, 1992, 1994, 2002 men's rings
- Awards and decorations
- Outstanding Youth Sportsman (1989)
- Golden Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (1996)[6]
- Hungarian Gymnast of the Year (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
- Hungarian Sportsman of the Year (2000, 2002)
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2000)[6]
- Dunaferr Award (2000)
- Immortal of Hungarian Gymnastics (2009)[7]
- Hungarian Tolerance Award (2011)[8]
