Áron Szilágyi: Back-to-Back-to-Back Olympic Champion Who Says Losing at Paris Olympics Was Actually Liberating | The Will to Win Ep. 1

3× Individual Olympic champion Áron Szilágyi on the Achilles injury that changed everything and why losing at Paris felt like freedom.The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts.In this episode, you'll discover:• What Szilágyi is looking forward to in his upcoming competitions and seasons• How his first career injury forced him to rebuild his identity around small wins like walking and footwork, not gold medals• What it felt like to finally lose at the Olympics, and why 'liberating' is the word he chose• The one sentence that defines his entire competitive philosophy: what the will to win actually means when the desire runs outÁron Szilágyi is the only sabre fencer in history to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals (London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020). He is a three-time World Champion, a six-time European Champion, and also the recipient of the FIE Fair Play Award. This podcast was produced in collaboration with the International Fencing Federation (FIE).⏱️ CHAPTERS00:00:00 - Introduction01:31 - First Career Injury: Achilles Surgery04:03 - The Mental Side of Rehab05:07 - Preparing for the Body You No Longer Know07:50 - Mindset Going Into Worlds13:00 - Paris 2024: Inside the One-Minute Break15:32 - What Losing at the Olympics Actually Taught Him17:00 - Processing Failure as a Team22:25 - Which Olympic Gold Felt Most Impossible24:18 - The Fair Play Award29:00 - Rapid Fire33:53 - Closing and Where to Follow Áron💬 QUOTES"Every day, every morning I had to choose to do this. So I had to talk myself into going to the physio, doing the work and getting better." "I learned much more [from this loss] than from the Olympic titles I won. And that’s always true with failures, I guess.""After I accepted it, it was a liberating feeling that I don't have to be the person, you know, who wins the Olympic Games. No, I've been to an Olympics where I was beaten, and that's fine. That's good actually.""I had this kind of imposter syndrome after London that I felt like I shouldn't have won this because I'm not Olympic Champion material.""The will to win is to be able to do what's necessary."🔗 CONNECT WITH ÁRON📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/szilagyi_aron/🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aronszilagyi_official🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/szilagyi-aron/🔗 CONNECT WITH THE FIE📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fencing_fie/🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fie_fencing▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJEy8aBnqDymMIcJCh72gMw🌐: https://fie.org/Thank you for listening!🔗 Check out FencR🌐: https://www.fencr.app/📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fencr.app🔗 Connect with Us🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple: https://link.me/directelimination📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/directelimination/🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@directeliminationpodcast📺 Subscribe for more episodes: youtube.com/@DirectElimination🔗 Prieur USA🌐: https://www.prieurusa.com/📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prieur_usa/