US EditionHungarian World Champion Miklós Dudás could be murdered in Budapest: new investigation began
Budapest police shifted from an administrative inquiry to a criminal probe after autopsy revealed injuries suggesting inflicted harm, investigating grievous bodily harm leading to death.
- On Monday, Ivett Szigligeti discovered the body of Miklós Dudás in their Budapest 18th district flat, and an autopsy identified injuries prompting Budapest Police Headquarters to open a criminal investigation.
- BRFK first opened an administrative inquiry, initially ruling out foul play before an extraordinary autopsy identified injuries that shifted the case to criminal proceedings.
- A decorated career included Miklós Dudás reaching the London 2012 K1 200 m final and winning gold in the 4×200 m relay at the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Moscow, plus youth and under‑23 championships.
- Family and teammates reacted as Hungarian celebrities and fellow athletes rallied to support Ivett Szigligeti, while Klári and Ivett cared for their daughter and son after Monday’s tragedy.
- Adding to the tragedy, his father István Dudás was brutally attacked by a group of six attackers at a petrol station in Budapest's 18th district, dying after five months in a coma.
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This is indicated by the fact that an extraordinary autopsy was ordered in the administrative procedure. It is rare, but it does happen, that someone dies later from the consequences of abuse, but in the past there have been cases where a murder was disguised as an accident or suicide.
Murder Probe Launched into Death of Hungarian World Champion Miklós Dudás - Hungarian Conservative
Mystery continues to surround the tragic death of 34-year-old Hungarian world champion sprint canoeist Miklós Dudás, who was found dead in his apartment on 5 January 2026. According to the latest statement by the Budapest Police Headquarters (BRFK), authorities are now investigating the case on suspicion of bodily harm resulting in death. The circumstances of Dudás’s death were initially examined as part of an administrative procedure. However, …
Hungarian World Champion Miklós Dudás could be murdered in Budapest: new investigation began
Hungarian World Champion Miklós Dudás’s body was discovered by his partner, model-influencer Ivett Szigligeti, in their flat in Budapest’s 18th district on Monday. At first, police ruled out foul play and launched an administrative inquiry into the tragedy’s circumstances. That stance shifted dramatically following yesterday’s post-mortem results. Olympian dies aged 34 Family, friends, fellow athletes, and admirers stand baffled before Miklós Du…
Initially, there was no indication of any criminality in the death of world champion kayaker Miklós Dudás, who died at the age of 34, but the autopsy results brought a twist to the case. Police have launched an investigation on suspicion of assault causing death after multiple serious head injuries were reportedly found on the athlete's body.
Three days ago, it was revealed that Miki Dudás had died at the age of 34. The death of the world champion kayaker was initially investigated in an administrative procedure, but during the emergency autopsy, the expert found injuries whose mechanism of occurrence could be clarified in the context of criminal proceedings, so on January 6, the Life Protection Department of the Hungarian National Police ordered an investigation against an unknown p…
Grandfather Miki Dudás is now feeling immense pain, having had to experience the loss of both his son and grandson in his old age. Moreover, both of them had been abused before: the body of the world champion athlete was found in his apartment on Monday, and his father was beaten so brutally a year and a half ago that – after six months in a coma – he closed his eyes forever in February last year. Blikk managed to reach the elder István Dudás by…
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