Penny Vilagos Explained

Penny Vilagos
Strokes:Synchronised swimming
Club:CAMO Natation
Birth Date:17 April 1963
Birth Place:Brampton, Canada
Height:165cm (65inches)
Weight:51kg (112lb)
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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.[1] They won their first Canadian National Championship in duet at age seventeen, 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. 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.[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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Penny & Vicky Vilagos (CAN) . ISHOF.org . . 26 May 2017 . 25 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170225024023/http://ishof.org/penny---vicky-vilagos-(can).html . dead .
  2. Web site: Vilagos sisters inducted into International Swimming Hall of Fame . Montreal Gazette . 26 May 2017 . 17 June 2014.
  3. Penny Vilagos . 22 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418021554/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/penny-vilagos-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020.
  4. Web site: Penny Vilagos . Official Canadian Olympic Team Website . 27 May 2017 . 19 September 2011.