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Canadian synchronized swimmer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Penny Vilagos (born April 17, 1963) was a Canadian synchronized swimmer and an Olympic medalist.
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Canada |
Born | Brampton, Canada | 17 April 1963
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Synchronised swimming |
Club | CAMO Natation |
Medal record |
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]
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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