Military Athlete Among the Bests of the Year!
Text: defence.hu | Photo: Dr. Ádám Schmidt’s Facebook page | 12:40 January 14, 2025We could cheer for four military athletes at the M4 – Athletes of the Year Gala, where eventually the épée national sports team including Lieutenant Gergely Siklósi became first in the team competition in individual sports.
“Congratulations to every awarded athlete, thank you for doing everything for our country’s sports successes!”, wrote Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on his social media page related to the 13 January gala.
MoD State Secretary for Sport Dr. Ádám Schmidt said that it was a great pleasure and honour to hand over the award to the men’s épée team together with an Olympic champion.
Results:
– female athlete of the year: Olympic champion pentathlete Michelle Gulyás;
– male athlete of the year: Olympic champion swimmer Hubert Kós;
– team of the year in the team competition in individual sports: Olympic champion men’s épée team, including Lieutenant Gergely Siklósi;
– sports moment of the year: Kevin Csoboth, player of the Hungarian national football team;
– team of the year: women’s handball team;
– disabled female athlete of the year: Paralympic champion swimmer Zsófia Konkoly;
– disabled male athlete of the year: Paralympic champion kayaker Péter Pál Kiss;
– disabled team of the year: women’s wheelchair fencing team;
– community sports event of the year: Carpathian Basin Universities Cup;
– MSÚSZ Lifetime Achievement Award: László Bölöni;
– coach of the year: Vladimir Golovin.
