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| Nationality |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1963-04-17) 17 April 1963 (age 61) Brampton, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Synchronised swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CAMO Natation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Penny Vilagos (born April 17, 1963) was a Canadian synchronized swimmer and an Olympic medalist.
Career
Vilagos and her twin sister Vicky Vilagos began synchronized swimming at age eight. They won their first Canadian National Championship in duet at age seventeen, they would go to win five more national titles. Penny Vilagos and Vicky Vilagos won a silver medal in the women's duet at the 1983 Pan American Games. They retired from synchronized swimming in 1985 after failing to make the 1984 Olympic team. 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.
Honours
Vilagos was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2014 Vilagos was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
References
- ^ "Penny & Vicky Vilagos (CAN)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "Vilagos sisters inducted into International Swimming Hall of Fame". Montreal Gazette. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- 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.
- "Penny Vilagos". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
External links
- Penny Vilagos at Team Canada
- Penny & Vicky Vilagos at the International Swimming Hall of Fame (archive)
- Penny Vilagos at World Aquatics
- Penny Vilagos at Olympics.com
- Penny Vilagos at Olympedia (archive)
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- Canadian synchronized swimmers
- Olympic silver medalists for Canada
- Olympic synchronized swimmers for Canada
- Synchronized swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming
- Canadian twins
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in synchronized swimming
- Synchronized swimmers at the 1983 Pan American Games
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming
- Synchronized swimmers at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships
- Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Brampton
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