Clara Hughes

Clara Hughes is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater, born on September 27, 1972, who won multiple Olympic medals in both sports. She won two bronze medals in cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics and four medals (one gold, one silver, two bronze) over three Winter Olympics, and she is the only person ever to have won multiple medals in both the Summer and Winter Games. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin she won her first gold medal in the 5000 m and a silver medal in the team pursuit, and at the 2010 Games in Vancouver, where she was the Canadian flag bearer, she won bronze in the 5000 m, which was the final Olympic speed skating race of her career. She was the first Canadian woman to win a medal in road cycling at the Olympics. Born in Winnipeg, she was named to the Order of Manitoba and as an Officer of the Order of Canada, is involved with the humanitarian organization Right To Play, and was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame on November 15, 2010.