Background
His first coach was György Gerevich, son of seven-time Olympic champion Aladár Gerevich, who also trained Olympic champion Áron Szilágyi.
His first coach was György Gerevich, son of seven-time Olympic champion Aladár Gerevich, who also trained Olympic champion Áron Szilágyi.
The following year he earned an individual gold medal both at the Cadet and Junior European Championships, as well as a team gold and an individual bronze at the Junior World Championships in Acireale. Iliász joined the senior national team as reserve in the 2009. With them he took part to the World Championships in Antalya.
Hungary prevailed over Belarus in the quarter-finals, but lost to Romania in the semi-finals.
They overcame Russia by a single hit and came away with a bronze medal. In the 2009-2010 season he made his breakthrough with three bronze medals in the Budapest Grand Prix and the Warsaw and Isla de Margarita World Cups.
He closed the season Number.14 in World rankings. Foreign this performance and his Junior World title he was named best male junior athlete of the year by the Hungarian National Institute for Sport (Nemzeti Sportintézet).
The following seasons proved disappointing and Iliász was dropped from the national team
He was selected again in 2013 for the European Championships in Zagreb. Hungary saw off Germany and Ukraine, but yielded to Italy in the final and came away with a silver medal. Iliász is a student at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest.