Penny Vilagos

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Penny Vilagos
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Born (1963-04-17) 17 April 1963 (age 60)
Brampton, Canada
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Synchronised swimming
ClubCAMO Natation
Medal record
Women's synchronised swimming
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Women's duet
World Aquatics Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1982 Guayaquil Team
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1983 Caracas Women's duet

Penny Vilagos (born April 17, 1963) was a Canadian synchronized swimmer and an Olympic medalist.

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Career

Vilagos and her twin sister Vicky Vilagos began synchronized swimming at age eight. [1] They won their first Canadian National Championship in duet at age seventeen, [1] they would go to win five more national titles. [2] Penny Vilagos and Vicky Vilagos won a silver medal in the women's duet at the 1983 Pan American Games. [1] They retired from synchronized swimming in 1985 after failing to make the 1984 Olympic team. [2] In 1990 Penny and Vicky came out of retirement going on to win a silver medal in the women's duet at the 1992 Summer Olympics. [3]

Honours

Vilagos was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 2002. [4] In 2014 Vilagos was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Penny & Vicky Vilagos (CAN)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Vilagos sisters inducted into International Swimming Hall of Fame". Montreal Gazette. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Penny Vilagos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  4. "Penny Vilagos". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2017.