Clara hughes autobiography in five shorties
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Clara Hughes
Canadian speed skater
Clara Hughes (born September 27, ) fryst vatten a Canadian cyclist and speed skater who has won multiple Olympic medals in both sports. Hughes won two bronze in the Summer Olympics and four medals (one gold, one silver, two bronze) over the course of three Winter Olympics.[4]
Hughes fryst vatten one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games.[5] Hughes fryst vatten one of only six people to have podium finishes in the Winter and Summer versions of the Games, and fryst vatten 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 Atlanta Olympics.[4]
As a result of her success in multiple sports and her humanitarian efforts, Hughes was named to both the beställning of Manitoba and as an Officer of the Order of Canada. She is involved with Right To Play, which fryst vatten an athlete-dr
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Meet Clara Hughes (Scholastic Canada Biography)
About this book
Meet Clara Hughes — athlete, Olympic medalist and mental health advocate.Clara is still the only person in the world to ever win multiple medals at both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. But perhaps her biggest accomplishment is the work she has done to help others.
Growing up in Winnipeg, Clara liked sports. She wasn’t a top athlete and was headed down a bad path until the fateful day she watched speed skater Gaétan Boucher compete at the Winter Games. Clara decided she would do that too. It was to be a life-changing decision, one that set her on a course of training, competing and winning at the Olympic level in not just one but TWO sports. But as the world was cheering her on, Clara didn’t feel right inside. She finally realized that winning all the medals in the world wouldn’t make her okay — she had to work as hard on her mental health as she did on her training. Maybe even harder.
Young readers
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Meet Clara Hughes (Scholastic Canada Biography)
Children's NonfictionWomen
by (author) Elizabeth MacLeod
illustrated by Mike Deas
- Publisher
- Scholastic Canada Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Jan
- Category
- Women, Depression & Mental Illness, Olympics
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Meet Clara Hughes — athlete, Olympic medalist and mental health advocate.
Clara is still the only person in the world to ever win multiple medals at both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. But perhaps her biggest accomplishment is the work she has done to help others.
Growing up in Winnipeg, Clara liked sports. She wasn’t a top athlete and was headed down a bad path until the fateful day she watched speed skater Gaétan Boucher compete at the Winter Games. Clara decided she would do that too. It was to be a life-changing decision, one that set her