Clara Hughes

Clara Hughes

Hughes at the induction ceremony of Canada's Walk of Fame in 2010
Personal information
Birth name	Clara Hughes
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1972-09-27) September 27, 1972 (age 51)[1] Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Spouse	Peter Guzman
Website	clara-hughes.com
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Speed skating
Retired	February 24, 2010 (speed skating)
Medal record Representing  Canada Women's road cycling Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Road race 1996 Atlanta Time Trial World Championships 1995 Tunja Time Trial Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester Time Trial Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata Road Race 2003 Santo Domingo Time Trial 1995 Mar del Plata Time Trial Pan American Championships 2011 Medellín Road race 2011 Medellín Time Trial Women's track cycling Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester Points Race Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Points Race Havana 1991 Individual Pursuit Women's speed skating Olympic Games 2006 Turin 5000 m 2006 Turin Team pursuit 2002 Salt Lake City 5000 m 2010 Vancouver 5000 m World Single Distance Championships 2004 Seoul 5000 m 2003 Berlin 5000 m 2008 Nagano 5000 m 2009 Vancouver 5000 m 2005 Inzell Team pursuit 2005 Inzell 5000 m

Clara Hughes, OC, OM, MSC OLY^[3] (born September 27, 1972) is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater who has won multiple Olympic medals in both sports. Hughes won two bronze in the 1996 Summer Olympics and four medals (one gold, one silver, two bronze) over the course of three Winter Olympics.^[4]

Hughes is one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games.^[5] Hughes is one of only six people to have podium finishes in the Winter and Summer versions of the Games, and is the only person ever to have won multiple medals in both.^[6][7][8] Hughes was the first Canadian woman to win a medal in road cycling at the Olympics, winning two in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.^[4]

As a result of her success in multiple sports and her humanitarian efforts, Hughes was named to both the Order of Manitoba and as an Officer of the Order of Canada. She is involved with Right To Play, which is an athlete-driven international humanitarian organization that uses sports to encourage the development of youth in disadvantaged areas.^[9] After winning her gold medal in 2006, she donated $10,000 to Right to Play.

Throughout her career Hughes received a number of other awards, trophies, and accolades. She was named Female Athlete of the Year by Speed Skating Canada in 2004 for long track. In 2006, she received the International Olympic Committee's Sport and Community Trophy. She was then named to the 2006 List of Most Influential Women in Sport and Physical Activity by the Canadian Association for Advancement of Women and Sport (CAAWS). In the summer of the year 2010, it was announced that she would receive a star on the Canadian Walk of Fame and on November 15, 2010, she was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.