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Clara Hughes

Speedskating

Canada

Canada

Birthdate:
September 27, 1972
Height:
5' 9"
Weight:
157 pounds
Age:
36

Speedskating

Date Round Result
02/25 Women's 5000 m Final Rankings Gold Medal 6:59.07 (1st)
02/16 Women's Team Pursuit Final Rankings Silver Medal  (2nd)
02/16 Women's Team Pursuit Final A Friesinger / Anschuetz Thoms / Pechstein GER DEF Groves / Hughes / Nesbitt CAN (3:01.25, 3:02.91)
02/16 Women's Team Pursuit Semifinal 1 Groves / Hughes / Klassen CAN DEF Tabata / Ishino / Nemoto JPN (3:02.13(Q), 3:05.95(Q))
02/15 Women's Team Pursuit Preliminaries   3:06.45 (3rd)
02/12 Women's 3000 m Final Rankings   4:09.17 (9th)

Notes

Birthplace
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Previous Olympics
2002 at Salt Lake City - bronze in 5,000m, 10th in 3,000m.
World Single Distance Championships
2004-05 - 3rd in 5,000m. 2003-04 - 1st in 5,000m. 2002-03 - 2nd in 5,000m.
World Cup Standings
2004-05 - 2nd in Team Pursuit. 2002-03 - 2nd in 3,000m. 2001-02 - 1st in 3,000m, 2nd in 5,000m.
Other career highlights
Only Canadian and just the fourth athlete in Olympic history to win medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics; a two-time bronze medalist at the Summer Games, won bronze in cycling trials and road race at the 1996 Atlanta Games; also competed in cycling at the 2000 Sydney Games; won five Pan American medals in cycling, is a 16-time national champion and competed in four women's Tour de France competitions; began speedskating at age 16.

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Gold Silver Medal TOTAL
Netherlands NETHERLANDS 3 2 4 9
Canada CANADA 2 4 2 8
United States UNITED STATES 3 3 1 7
Italy ITALY 2 0 1 3
Germany GERMANY 1 1 1 3
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