Čaba Silađi

Čaba Silađi (Hungarian: Szilágyi Csaba, Serbian Cyrillic: Чаба Силађи; born in Senta, 23 August 1990) is a Serbian swimmer of Hungarian ethnicity. Silađi mainly competes in the breaststroke.[1]

Čaba Silađi
Kazan 2015
Personal information
Full nameČaba Silađi
Nationality Serbia
Born (1990-08-23) 23 August 1990
Senta, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubProleter Zrenjanin

Silađi's hometown Senta is a centre of Hungarians in Vojvodina, though competing for Serbia, Silađi goes by the Serbian form of his name. His name also appears transliterated as Caba Siladji in English sports sources.

Career

Silađi finished elementary school and gymnasium in Bečej. He began to practice swimming since 1997, and until 2004 he also trained water polo alongside.[2] 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 silver (100m breaststroke) and bronze medal (50m breaststroke). Silađi competed at 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, and won bronze medal at 50m breaststroke.[3] He also participated in the semifinals at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome and 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest.[4]

At the 2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships he won his first senior medal, bronze in the 50 breaststroke.

Silađi also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

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See also

References
  1. vidcap from Hungarian television showing the Hungarian name
  2. http://becejski-mozaik.rs/sh/326/50/2318/
  3. http://sport.blic.rs/Ostali-Sportovi/Sportovi-na-vodi/101216/Vaterpolisti-izgubili-u-polufinalu-Siladji-osvojio-bronzu
  4. http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2010/Budapest2010/C74A_ResSummary_230_Semifinals_Men_50_Breast.pdf
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