Vicky Vilagos
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Nationality | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1963-04-17) 17 April 1963 (age 61) Brampton, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Synchronised swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CAMO Natation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vicky Vilagos (born April 17, 1963) is a Canadian competitor in synchronised swimming and an Olympic medalist.
Career
Vilagos and her twin sister Penny Vilagos began synchronized swimming at age eight.[1] They won their first Canadian National Championship in duet at age seventeen,[1] they would go on to win five more national titles.[2] Vicky Vilagos and Penny 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 Vicky and Penny 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
- ^ a b c "Penny & Vicky Vilagos (CAN)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ a b c "Vilagos sisters inducted into International Swimming Hall of Fame". Montreal Gazette. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vicky Vilagos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ "Vicky Vilagos". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
External links
- Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame profile
- Internal Swimming Hall of Fame profile Archived 2017-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
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