Penny Vilagos
Personal information
Nationality Canada
Born (1963-04-17) 17 April 1963
Brampton, Canada
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesSynchronised swimming
ClubCAMO Natation
Medal record
Women's synchronised swimming
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 BarcelonaWomen's duet
World Aquatics Championships
Gold medal – first place1982 GuayaquilTeam
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1983 Caracas Women's duet

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.[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]

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.


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