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Hungarian Sydney gold medallist Szilveszter Csollany has died at the age of 51 with COVID-19.
Camera IconHungarian Sydney gold medallist Szilveszter Csollany has died at the age of 51 with COVID-19. Credit: EPA

Former Olympic gymnastics champion Szilveszter Csollany has died at the age of 51 after spending weeks in hospital with COVID-19, Hungarian sports officials said.

The Hungarian Olympic Committee and the country's gymnastics federation issued a joint statement on Monday confirming the death of Csollany, who won a gold medal in the men's rings competition at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He also won silver in 1996 in Atlanta and a world championship gold in 2002.

He was a six-time medallist at the European gymnastics championships, and the recipient of Hungary's "Sportsman of the Year" award in 2000 and 2002.

Csollany had been hospitalised with COVID-19 since early December, and spent several weeks on a ventilator.

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