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Penny Vilagos
Penny Vilagos (born April 17, 1963) was a Canadian synchronized swimmer and an Olympic medalist. CareerVilagos 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,[1] 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.[1] They retired from synchronized swimming in 1985 after failing to make the 1984 Olympic team.[2] 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] HonoursVilagos 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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