Nationality Canada Role Olympic athlete Sport Swimming Height 1.65 m | Club CAMO Natation Weight 51 kg Name Vicky Vilagos Strokes Synchronised swimming | |
Born 17 April 1963 (age 60) ( 1963-04-17 ) Brampton, Canada Olympic medals Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's duet People also search for Penny Vilagos, Sarah Josephson, Karen Josephson, Fumiko Okuno, Aki Takayama | ||
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Vicky Vilagos (born April 17, 1963) is a Canadian competitor in synchronized swimming and an Olympic medalist.
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- 1992 2012 20 years sylvie frechette and penny and vicky vilagos medals at the 1992 olympic games
- Career
- Honours
- References
Career
Vilagos and her twin sister Penny Vilagos began synchronized swimming at age eight. They won their first Canadian National Championship in duet at age seventeen, they would go on to win five more national titles. Vicky Vilagos and Penny 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 Vicky and Penny 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.