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Sep 18, 2011 · Clara Hughes, a dual-season Olympian, is the only athlete in history to win multiple medals at both the summer and winter Olympic Games. Her six career medals tied her as Canada’s most decorated Olympian until 2021 when swimmer Penny Oleksiak earned her seventh Olympic medal.
The extraordinary journey of Clara Hughes culminated with gold at Turin 2006. On 25 February 2006, Clara Hughes was crowned Olympic champion in the 5,000m at the Olympic Oval in Turin. Her success in speed skating, winning a total of four medals came after a podium finish in road cycling in Atlanta, 10 years earlier.
Aug 15, 2012 · Clara Hughes's Magnificent Obsession. The obsession began 22 years ago. A eureka moment in the living room of her mother's Winnipeg home, watching the great Gaétan BOUCHER try to turn back time and win his fifth Olympic SPEED SKATING medal for Canada, at the ripe old age of 29.
The following year, Clara Hughes went back to competition, but this time in speed skating, her first love. Her exceptional qualities and the work accomplished allowed her to qualify for the Salt Lake City Games in 2002. By winning the bronze in the 5,000m, she went down in history. Before Hughes, only three athletes since 1896 had managed to ...
Jan 27, 2021 · Since her last Olympic race in 2012, that sentiment hasn’t changed. Competing in both speed skating and cycling, Hughes is the only athlete in history to win multiple medals at both the summer and winter Olympic Games. Currently, she is tied with Cindy Klassen as Canada’s most decorated Olympian with six career medals.
One of the few athletes to medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympics, Clara Hughes has won acclaim as both a speed skater and a cyclist. Although her athletic career began with the former, her success came first in the latter, winning her first of seven Pan-American Games medals in cycling in 1991, as well as a silver medal in the time trial ...
Canadian Clara Hughes dominates in the 5000m event to claim her first speed skating gold medal. In a time of 6:59.07, Hughes crosses the finish ... line, a second quicker than three time defending champion Claudia Pechstein, who this time has to settle for silver.
