Vicky Vilagos
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
| Born | 17 April 1963 Brampton, Canada |
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) |
| Sport | |
| 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Vicky Vilagos at Team CanadaLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Penny & Vicky Vilagos at the International Swimming Hall of FameLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). (archive)
- Vicky Vilagos at World AquaticsLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Vicky Vilagos at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Vicky Vilagos at OlympediaLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Canadian synchronized swimmers
- Olympic silver medalists for Canada
- Olympic synchronized swimmers for Canada
- Synchronized swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming
- Canadian twins
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada in synchronized swimming
- Synchronized swimmers at the 1983 Pan American Games
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming
- Synchronized swimmers at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships
- Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Brampton
- 20th-century Canadian sportswomen
- Canadian swimming biography stubs
- Synchronized swimming biography stubs
- Canadian Olympic medalist stubs