Vicky Vilagos

{{short description|Canadian synchronized swimmer}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Vicky Vilagos | image = | image_size = | caption = | full_name = | nicknames = | nationality = {{CAN}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|4|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Brampton, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|165|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|51|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | strokes = Synchronised swimming | club = CAMO Natation | collegeteam = | show-medals = no | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's Synchronised swimming}} {{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver | 1992 Barcelona|Women's duet }} {{MedalCompetition|World Aquatics Championships}} {{MedalGold|1982 Guayaquil|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalSilver | 1983 Caracas|Women's duet}} }}

'''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.<ref name=hall>{{cite web |title=Penny & Vicky Vilagos (CAN) |url=http://www.ishof.org/penny---vicky-vilagos-(can).html |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=International Swimming Hall of Fame |access-date=26 May 2017 |archive-date=25 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225024023/http://ishof.org/penny---vicky-vilagos-(can).html |url-status=dead }}</ref> They won their first Canadian National Championship in duet at age seventeen,<ref name=hall /> they would go on to win five more national titles.<ref name=gaz>{{cite web |title=Vilagos sisters inducted into International Swimming Hall of Fame |url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/vilagos-sisters-inducted-into-international-swimming-hall-of-fame |website=Montreal Gazette |access-date=26 May 2017 |date=17 June 2014}}</ref> Vicky Vilagos and Penny Vilagos won a silver medal in the women's duet at the 1983 Pan American Games.<ref name=hall /> They retired from synchronized swimming in 1985 after failing to make the 1984 Olympic team.<ref name=gaz /> 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.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Vicky Vilagos |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/vicky-vilagos-1.html |access-date=27 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418021556/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/vicky-vilagos-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020}}</ref>

==Honours== Vilagos was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vicky Vilagos |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/vicky-vilagos/ |website=Official Canadian Olympic Team Website |access-date=27 May 2017 |date=19 September 2011}}</ref> In 2014 Vilagos was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.<ref name=gaz />

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Team Canada|vicky-vilagos}} * {{ISHOF|honoree-penny-and-vicky-vilagos|Penny & Vicky Vilagos}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20170225024023/http://ishof.org/penny---vicky-vilagos-(can).html archive]) * {{World Aquatics}} * {{Olympics.com profile|vicky-vilagos}} * {{Olympedia}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vilagos, Vicky}} Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian synchronized swimmers Category:Olympic silver medalists for Canada Category:Olympic synchronized swimmers for Canada Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming Category:Canadian twins Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada in synchronized swimming Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 1983 Pan American Games Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships Category:Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games Category:Sportspeople from Brampton Category:20th-century Canadian sportswomen