Szilveszter Csollány (; 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.
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. He was hospitalised with COVID-19 in mid-November 2021, and put on a ventilator. 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.
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) 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) Dunaferr Award (2000) Immortal of Hungarian Gymnastics (2009) Hungarian Tolerance Award (2011)
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