Description:Chapters: Clara Hughes, Christa Luding, Gillis Grafstrom, List of Olympians Who Won Medals in the Summer and Winter Games, Eddie Eagan, Jacob Tullin Thams. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Clara Hughes, OC, OM (born September 27, 1972) is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater, and has won multiple Olympic medals in both sports. Hughes is one of only five people who have won medals in both the Summer and Winter Games, and is the only person ever to have won multiple medals in both. Hughes is involved with Right To Play, an athlete-driven international humanitarian organization that uses sports to encourage the development of youth in disadvantaged areas. Hughes was born in Winnipeg, and is a graduate of Elmwood High School. She started with speed skating, but in 1990 she moved to competitive cycling, competing in track cycling and road cycling. Hughes, an 18-time Canadian national cycling champion, won the silver medal at the 1995 World Cycling Championships (Time Trial). She participated at the 1991, 1995, 1999, and 2003 Pan American Games and won eight Pan American Games medals, Also competing in the 1990, 1994, and 2002 Commonwealth Games, Hughes won gold in the time trial and bronze in the points race on the velodrome. Hughes participated in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, winning two bronze medals at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, in the individual road race and the individual time trial. A four-time participant of the women's Tour de France, Hughes has won the 1994 Women's Challenge and the 1997 Liberty Classic. Hughes served as a commentator for cycling events for the CBC's coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Hughes skating in 2007In the 2000/2001 season, Hughes made a successful comeback to speed skating, participating in the...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=10219We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dual Olympics Medalists: Clara Hughes, Christa Luding, Gillis Grafstrom, List of Olympians Who Won Medals in the Summer and Winter Games. To get started finding Dual Olympics Medalists: Clara Hughes, Christa Luding, Gillis Grafstrom, List of Olympians Who Won Medals in the Summer and Winter Games, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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26
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Books LLC
Release
2010
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1157369928
Dual Olympics Medalists: Clara Hughes, Christa Luding, Gillis Grafstrom, List of Olympians Who Won Medals in the Summer and Winter Games
Description: Chapters: Clara Hughes, Christa Luding, Gillis Grafstrom, List of Olympians Who Won Medals in the Summer and Winter Games, Eddie Eagan, Jacob Tullin Thams. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Clara Hughes, OC, OM (born September 27, 1972) is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater, and has won multiple Olympic medals in both sports. Hughes is one of only five people who have won medals in both the Summer and Winter Games, and is the only person ever to have won multiple medals in both. Hughes is involved with Right To Play, an athlete-driven international humanitarian organization that uses sports to encourage the development of youth in disadvantaged areas. Hughes was born in Winnipeg, and is a graduate of Elmwood High School. She started with speed skating, but in 1990 she moved to competitive cycling, competing in track cycling and road cycling. Hughes, an 18-time Canadian national cycling champion, won the silver medal at the 1995 World Cycling Championships (Time Trial). She participated at the 1991, 1995, 1999, and 2003 Pan American Games and won eight Pan American Games medals, Also competing in the 1990, 1994, and 2002 Commonwealth Games, Hughes won gold in the time trial and bronze in the points race on the velodrome. Hughes participated in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, winning two bronze medals at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, in the individual road race and the individual time trial. A four-time participant of the women's Tour de France, Hughes has won the 1994 Women's Challenge and the 1997 Liberty Classic. Hughes served as a commentator for cycling events for the CBC's coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Hughes skating in 2007In the 2000/2001 season, Hughes made a successful comeback to speed skating, participating in the...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=10219We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dual Olympics Medalists: Clara Hughes, Christa Luding, Gillis Grafstrom, List of Olympians Who Won Medals in the Summer and Winter Games. To get started finding Dual Olympics Medalists: Clara Hughes, Christa Luding, Gillis Grafstrom, List of Olympians Who Won Medals in the Summer and Winter Games, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.