born: 27 september 1972
birthplace: winnipeg (canada)
nationality: canada
sport: cycling, skating
attendance at the olympic games
atlanta 1996
sydney 2000
salt lake city 2002
turin 2006
awards
olympic medals:
gold: 1
silver: 1
bronze: 3
other results:
world championships (cycling - road)
silver: 1 (1995)
world single distances championships (speed skating)
gold: 1 (2004)
on land and ice
for clara hughes, it all began in 1988 at the xv olympic winter games in calgary. watching the television, she could not take her eyes off the speed skaters who shot around the olympic oval. at 15, she was already dreaming of medals. it was, however, on a bike, that she made her olympic debut.
in 1996 in atlanta, clara hughes took part in her first olympic games. she competed in two events: the road race and time trial. she completed the 104.4km of the circuit and finished third, only 31 hundredths of a second behind gold medallist jeannie longo-ciprelli. in the time trial, clara hugues also finished third with an average of 42.08km/h. the young canadian left those games with two bronze medals and thus laid the foundations for her fabulous olympic career.
four years later in sydney, she took part in the same events, but this time did not win a medal, placing 43rd and 6th. in 2003, she retired from cycling with two olympic medals and second place in the 1995 world championships in the time trial. nonetheless, clara hughes did not abandon her sporting career, as in 2001 she took up speed skating.
after only seven weeks of training, she was selected for the canadian national team, and in 2002, she took part in the olympic winter games in salt lake city. there she competed in the 3,000m and 5,000m, finishing 10th and 3rd respectively. her goal had been reached; she stood on the podium draped in the canadian flag and was presented with a bronze speed skating medal.
in 2006, after winning the world championship title in the 500m in 2004, she went to turin for her second olympic winter games. she participated in the team pursuit and won the silver medal with the canadian relay, behind the germans. in the 3,000m, she finished 9th. finally, on 25 february, in the 5,000m, she gave an exceptional performance taking the lead only 200m from the finish, leaving germany's claudia pechstein one second behind her. in her fourth games participation, she finally realised her dream of becoming olympic champion.
clara hughes is the second person in history, along with germany's christa luding rothenburger, to have won several medals at both the summer and winter olympic games.
生日：1972年9月27日
出生地：温尼辟，加拿大
国籍: 加拿大
项目: 自行车、速度滑冰
参加奥运会时间：
1996年美国亚特兰大夏季奥运会
2000年澳大利亚悉尼夏季奥运会
2002年盐湖城冬季奥运会
2006年都灵冬季奥运会
奥运成绩:
金牌1 枚
银牌1 枚
铜牌3 枚
其他成绩:
世界公路自行车锦标赛
银牌1 枚1995年
世界速滑锦标赛
金牌1枚2004年
冰上和陆上
1988年加拿大卡尔加里的冬季奥运会对卡拉-休斯的运动生涯产生了重要的影响，在电视机前看见速滑冠军接受人们的欢呼，这让休斯也对自己的奥运金牌充满了憧憬，希望自己也能有一天能站在奥运会的金牌领奖台上，15岁的她当时从事的是自行车运动。
1996年美国亚特兰大夏季奥运会上，休斯参加了公路自行车赛和计时赛两个项目的比赛。在公路赛中，她获得了第三名，在计时赛中，休斯以42.08公里的时速获得铜牌。尽管没能获得奥运金牌，但这只是休斯的奥运奖牌之旅的开始。
四年后的悉尼奥运会上，休斯再次参加了这两个项目的比赛，但这次，她没能获得奖牌。2003年，她宣布退役，不再从事自行车比赛，但休斯并没有结束自己的运动员生涯，因为她从2001年开始就已经转向冰上项目：速度滑冰。
在接受速滑训练仅仅七周后， 休斯就获选代表加拿大队参加2002年盐湖城冬季奥运会，在盐湖城，她参加了3000米和5000米速滑比赛，分别名列第10和第3，这使她成为同时获得夏季和冬季奥运会奖牌的运动员之一。
在获得2004年世界锦标赛的冠军后，休斯参加了2006年都灵冬季奥运会，在意大利，她参加团体追逐赛，并获得一枚银牌。在3000米速滑比赛中，她名列第九，最后她在2月25日参加了5000米速滑的比赛，这一次，她的表现非常出色，以200米的领先优势率先冲过终点，在个人的第四届奥运会上，休斯终于获得了自己的第一枚奥运金牌。她也成为奥运会历史上，第二位在夏季和冬季奥运会中同时获得奖牌的运动员。