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Ileana Silai

1941 - 2025

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Ileana Silai (née Gergely; 14 October 1941 – 27 June 2025) was a Romanian middle-distance runner. She competed in the 800 m at the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Olympics and in the 1500 m at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics. She won a silver over 800 m in 1968. At the European indoor championships, she won silver medals in the 800 metres in 1971 and 1972 and a gold in the 1500 m in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ileana Silai is the 902nd most popular athlete (down from 761st in 2019), the 574th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 560th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ileana Silai ranks 902 out of 6,025. Before her are Mel Sheppard, Helena Fibingerová, Frantz Reichel, Gábor Delneky, Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee. After her are Fauja Singh, Kalervo Toivonen, Bilistiche, Hans Kalt, Josef Feistmantl, and Ion Panțuru.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Ileana Silai ranks 429. Before her are Vadim Glowna, Paul Theroux, Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Yury Malyshev, Tim Hardin, and Rafael Albrecht. After her are Jacques Simon, Fernando Serena, Willi Fuggerer, Christine Delphy, Margitta Gummel, and Göran Therborn. Among people deceased in 2025, Ileana Silai ranks 200. Before her are Alf Clausen, Léon Krier, Peter McParland, Julius Chan, Florence Delay, and Bernd Cullmann. After her are David Johansen, Alvaro Vitali, Angie Stone, Joseph Wambaugh, Brian Murphy, and Nikola Pokrivač.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ileana Silai ranks 574 out of 1,077. Before her are Kolos Ferenc Vaszary (1832), Erzsébet Schaár (1905), István Kozma (1939), András Székely (1909), Gábor Delneky (1932), and László Bálint (1948). After her are Ernő Goldfinger (1902), István Tóth (1951), Tibor Kemény (1913), Andreas Alföldi (1895), András Balczó (1938), and Tibor Csernai (1938).

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Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, Ileana Silai ranks 34. Before her are János Parti (1932), József Rády (1884), Tibor Berczelly (1912), Antal Bolvári (1932), András Székely (1909), and Gábor Delneky (1932). After her are István Tóth (1951), András Balczó (1938), László Szollás (1907), Ottó Boros (1929), Miklós Szilvási (1925), and István Rózsavölgyi (1929).

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