Clara Hughes is famous because she won olympic medals. She is also one of 5 people in the whole world to have won medals in both summer and olympic medals.
Clara Hughes has competed and won medals for cycling in the summer and speed skating in the winter
Clara Hughes has won four bronze, one silver and one gold. She won two bronze medals in the 1996 Summer Olympics for cycling. She won bronze in the 2002, silver and gold in the 2006, and bronze in the 2010 Olympics for speedskating.
Clara Hughes - Speedskating and Cycling
Yes, and there has been one Canadian athlete that has won medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. Clara Hughes won medals in speed skating at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics and medals in cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Another is Hayley Wickenheiser who has played on the women's hockey team in the Winter Olympics and the softball team in the Summer Olympics.
Clara Hughes was chosen for flag-bearer because it was her last olympics and she was one of the most famous Canadian olympians. She is one of five people in the whole world who has won medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games.
Clara Hughes. Hughes won 2 bronze medals in cycling in the Summer Games and 1 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze in speed skating in the Winter Games.
Canadian speed skater and cyclist Clara Hughes won 5 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze). 1) 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta - won bronze in individual road race and individual time trial cycling. 2) 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City - won bronze in 5000 meter speed skating. 3) 2006 Winter Games in Turin - won gold in 5000 meter speed skating and silver in team pursuit speed skating. To date, she is one of only four athletes in Olympic history to win medals at both the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics. Clara Hughes has also won a bronze in 2010
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Clara Hughes of Canada won 2 bronze medals in cycling at the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta and then won a bronze medal in speed skating at the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics.
15 medals she has won(not this is all the medals she won in her life)