Nationality Canada Role Olympic athlete Sport Swimming Height 1.65 m | Club CAMO Natation Weight 51 kg Name Penny Vilagos Strokes Synchronised swimming | |
Born 17 April 1963 (age 61) ( 1963-04-17 ) Brampton, Canada Olympic medals Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's duet People also search for Vicky Vilagos, Sarah Josephson, Karen Josephson, Fumiko Okuno, Aki Takayama | ||
Penny Vilagos, B.Com. - 1992 Olympic Duet performance-
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. 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.