2000 Sydney Highlights
- Hungarian Fencing continues to dominate as Timea Nagy takes Gold!
- Hungarian Swimming continmues its Gold Medal Legacy! Swimmer Kovacs Agnes wins Gold and Sets Olympic Record!
- Szilveszter Csollany takes Gold in Gymnastics, Men’s Rings
- Hungarian kayak / canoe also continues medal performance with Gold, Silver, and Bronze!
- Kayakers Storcz Botond and Kammerer Zoltan each win TWO Gold Medals in different events!
- Kayaker Kolonics Gyorgy wins 2nd Gold!
- 1996 Gold Medalist, Rita Koban takes Silver
- Legendary Hungarian Waterpolo returns to Gold (first of three repeat Olympic Gold Medals)!
Medal
Name
Event
Ágnes Kovács
Swimming, Men’s 200 m Breaststroke
Tímea Nagy
Women’s Épée Individual
Zoltán Kammerer
Canoeing, Men’s K2 500 m
Botond Storcz
Canoeing, Men’s K2 500 m
György Kolonics
Canoeing, Men’s C1 500 m Canadian
Ferenc Novák
Canoeing, Men’s C2 500 m Canadian
Imre Pulai
Canoeing, Men’s C2 500 m Canadian
Szilveszter Csollány
Gymnastics, Men’s Rings
Tibor Benedek
Men’s Waterpolo
Péter Biros
Men’s Waterpolo
Rajmund Fodor
Men’s Waterpolo
Tamás Kásás
Men’s Waterpolo
Gergely Kiss
Men’s Waterpolo
Zoltan Kosz
Men’s Waterpolo
Tamás Marcz
Men’s Waterpolo
Tamás Molnár
Men’s Waterpolo
Barnabás Steinmetz
Men’s Waterpolo
Zoltán Szécsi
Men’s Waterpolo
Bulcsu Szekely
Men’s Waterpolo
Zsolt Varga
Men’s Waterpolo
Attila Vári
Men’s Waterpolo
Gábor Balogh
Modern Pentathlon, Men’s Individual
Katalin Kovács
Women’s Kayak Canoe / kajak-kenu K-2 500 m
Szilvia Szabó
Women’s Kayak Canoe / kajak-kenu K-2 500 m
Beatrix Balogh
Handball, Women’s team
Rita Deli
Handball, Women’s team
Ágnes Farkas
Handball, Women’s team
Andrea Farkas
Handball, Women’s team
Anikó Kántor
Handball, Women’s team
Beatrix Kökény
Handball, Women’s team
Anita Kulcsár
Handball, Women’s team
Dóra Lowy
Handball, Women’s team
Anikó Nagy
Handball, Women’s team
Ildikó Pádár
Handball, Women’s team
Katalin Pálinger
Handball, Women’s team
Krisztina Pigniczki
Handball, Women’s team
Bojana Radulovics
Handball, Women’s team
Beáta Siti
Handball, Women’s team
Tamásné Zsémbery
Handball, Women’s team
Erzsébet Márkus
Weightlifting, Women’s 69 kg
Sándor Bárdosi
Wrestling, Greco-Roman Middleweight (85 kg)
Zsolt Erdei
Boxing, Men’s Middleweight (75 kg)
Krisztián Bártfai
Canoeing, Men’s K2 1000 m
Krisztián Veréb
Canoeing, Men’s K2 1000 m
Diána Igaly
Shooting, Women’s Skeet
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Featured 2000 Olympians
Szilveszter “Szilas” Csollany:(b. 4/13/1970, Sopron, Hungary)
“Lord of the
Rings”
Captured the World Championship in 2003 at the “old” age of 32 ending his streak of five silver medals in world championships.
Look at this incredible record:
- 2002 World Champion
- 2000 Olympics – Gold
- 1996 Olympics – Silver
- 1998 European Champion; Silver in 2000
- 1991 European Cup Champion – Pommel Horse
- 20-time Hungarian Champion
2-Time “Sportsman of the Year” (2000, 2002)
See this interesting site in Hungarian where he personally answers questions from fans.
![Zsolt [Madár / Firebird] Erdei](/wp-content/uploads/legacy/famoushungarians/images/zsolterdei.jpg)
Zsolt [Madár / Firebird] Erdei(b. May 31, 1974 in Budapest, Hungary)
World Champion Boxer
Zsolt Erdei is the former undefeated Lineal & WBO light heavyweight champion, and WBC cruiserweight champion. Erdei is also the first Hungarian to win a world title in two weight divisions.Erdei won the WBO light heavyweight title from Julio César González by unanimous decision on January 17, 2004, and successfully defended the title eleven times. On November 13, 2009, he relinquished his WBO light heavyweight title and moved up to cruiserweight. Erdei defeated Giacobbe Fragomeni on November 21, 2009, for the WBC cruiserweight title. Most of Erdei’s matches during his professional career were promoted by Universum boxing, and most were in Europe. In 2011 Erdei decided to have more matches in the USA[2] and fought Samson Onyango and Byron Mitchell as his first opponents there. The Mitchell fight which was set up by Lou DiBella ended with Erdei knocking Mitchell out in the 6th round (TKO)
[More on Wikipedia][Watch him on YouTube]
Featured 2002 Winter Olympian, Dana Antal:(b. 4/19/1977, Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, Canada )
Star Forward on Canada’s “Golden Girl’s” Hockey Team!
Dana’s hockey career began in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan at the tender age of five. At first, it was figure skating, then she turned to boys’ hockey because everyone else in town was playing. Dana Antal scored three goals and had seven points to help Canada to the gold medal at the world championships last year. She missed the 2000 worlds due to a knee injury. She played college hockey at Cornell University in the U.S., for two years and also spent a season in Switzerland. She now attends the University of Calgary and plays for the Oval X-Treme.
Highlights: Gold medallist at World Championships in 2001; Gold medallist at Four Nations Cup in 2001.
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