Szilveszter Csollány Explained
Szilveszter Csollány |
Birth Date: | 1970 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Sopron, Hungary |
Death Place: | Budapest, Hungary |
Discipline: | MAG |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Szilveszter Csollány (in 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.
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
- World Championships
- 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
Notes and References
- News: Þorvaldsson. Óskar Hrafn . Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson. Ólympíumeistari á Seltjarnarnesi. Fréttatíminn. is. 14–16 October 2011. 26. 2022-02-03.
- News: Mi van most Csollány Szilveszterrel? Ezek a hírek jöttek az állapotáról. hu. Blikk. 21 January 2022. 2022-02-03.
- News: Kiss . B. László. Egy hónapja van lélegeztetőgépen: Csollány Szilveszter kegyetlen küzdelme az életéért. hu. Blikk. 8 January 2022. 24 January 2022.
- News: Szilveszter Csollány is Hospitalized With Coronavirus. The Miskolc Sun . 7 December 2021. 2022-02-03.
- News: Gyász: elhunyt az olimpiai bajnok Csollány Szilveszter . . hu . 24 January 2022. 24 January 2022.
- Web site: Elhunyt Csollány Szilveszter. hu. M4 Sport. 2022-01-24. 2022-02-03.
- News: Ónodi és Csollány halhatatlanná váltak . 2011-05-24 . 2011-05-24 . hu. Magyar Nemzet. Magyar Távirati Iroda. https://web.archive.org/web/20110527162830/http://www.mno.hu/portal/786154. 2011-05-27. dead.
- Web site: Magyar Tolerancia Díj. hu. magyartoleranciadij.otalapitvany.eu. 2022-02-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20111112230034/http://magyartoleranciadij.otalapitvany.eu/. 2011-11-12. dead.