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Csaba Szilágyi
Čaba Silađi / Чаба СилађиPersonal information Full name Csaba Szilágyi Nationality Serbia Born 23 August 1990
Senta, SR Serbia, YugoslaviaHeight 1.84 metres (6.0 ft) Weight 75 kilograms (170 lb) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Breaststroke Club Proleter Zrenjanin Medal recordCompetitor for Serbia Men's swimming European SC Championships Bronze 2009 Istanbul 50 m breaststroke Universiade Bronze 2009 Belgrade 50 m breaststroke Mediterranean Games Silver 2009 Pescara 100 m breaststroke Bronze 2009 Pescara 50 m breaststroke Csaba Szilágyi (Serbian: Чаба Силађи, Čaba Silađi; also spelled as Caba Siladji in English; born August 23, 1990, in Senta, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian swimmer of Hungarian origin. Siladji mainly competes in the breaststroke.
Career
Szilágyi finished elementary school and gymnasium in Bečej. He began to practice swimming since 1997, and until 2004 he also trained water polo alongside.[1] He lives and trains in Zrenjanin.
His first international competition was European Short Course Swimming Championships 2007 in Debrecen. He made a lot of remarkable results at World and European junior championships. At the 2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships he won silver (50m breaststroke) and bronze medal (100m breaststroke).
He was in the Serbian team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. At the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara he won he won silver (100m breaststroke) and bronze medal (50m breaststroke). Szilágyi competed at 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, and won bronze medal at 50m breaststroke.[2] He also participated in the semifinals at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome and 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest.[3]
At the 2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships he won his first senior medal, bronze in the 50 breaststroke.
See also
- List of swimmers
- List of European Short Course Swimming Championships medalists (men)
References
Categories:- 1990 births
- Living people
- Hungarians in Vojvodina
- Serbian swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Serbia
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Breaststroke swimmers
- Freestyle swimmers
- People from Senta
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