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How Olympian Clara Hughes invests her money
BRENDA BOUW Special to The Globe and Mail Published Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015 5:37PM EDT Last updated Monday, Aug. 31, 2015 10:53AM EDT Retired Canadian athlete Clara Hughes is best known for racking up six Olympic medals and speaking out about her past struggles with depression, helping to break down the stigma around mental illness. That makes her brave both on the track and in the public eye. … more
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‘I feel this joy’: Olympic champion Clara Hughes on finding liberation and reconnecting with herself on the Appalachian Trail
The National Post July 10, 2015 By Eric Koreen @ekoreen http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/i-feel-this-joy-olympic-champion-clara-hughes-on-finding-liberation-and-reconnecting-with-herself-on-the-appalachian-trail As ever, Clara Hughes cannot do half-measures. The only athlete to win multiple medals in both the Winter and Summer Olympics, Hughes had already cycled across Canada to raise awareness for mental-health issues. But she wanted to follow up with a less public pursuit — hiking. Her husband, Peter, is an accomplished hiker, having … more
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Simon & Schuster Canada to publish Clara Hughes’ memoir
TORONTO, April 13, 2015 /CNW/ – Simon & Schuster Canada announces the publication of Clara Hughes’ memoir, Open Heart, Open Mind, to be released in fall 2015. The acquisition was handled by Samantha Haywood of Transatlantic Agency. Canadian Olympic champion Clara Hughes is celebrated as the only athlete in history to have won multiple medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, and she has since emerged as … more
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Clara Hughes didn’t even tell her mom she was depressed
By: Sadiya Ansari Staff Reporter, Published on Sun Jan 25 2015 The Toronto Star When Olympian Clara Hughes agreed to speak publicly for the first time in 2010 about her experience with depression, she wasn’t sure anyone would care. But one of the people closest to Hughes didn’t know about her struggle more than 10 years after she sought help. “My mother found out on TV,” … more
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Clara Hughes: Oshawa school renamed in honour of Olympian
Today Clara Hughes will add another accolade to her six Olympic medals and Order of Canada, one she says is close to her heart. She told CBC Radio’s Metro Morning Thursday that she’s elated a school in Oshawa, Ont., will be renamed Clara Hughes Public School at a ceremony today. “It’s so special because for so many students, that’s their place of … more
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Christie Blatchford: Physical pain of Clara Hughes’ epic ride for mental health paled next to emotional toll
Christie Blatchford | July 2, 2014 8:02 PM ET National Post OTTAWA Clara Hughes’ enormous heart is sore. After riding a bike for 110 days over the vast, rough country she now knows so intimately, this is where she most aches. “There is so much loss that we never hear about — the suicides,” she said in a lengthy interview Wednesday, the day … more
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Sports stars: Privileged and responsible
MONTREAL BY JACK TODD, SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE DECEMBER 27, 2013 When former amateur boxer Nelson Mandela died in South Africa this month, the world mourned. When protesters in Ukraine needed a leader with the courage to take to the streets to oppose a repressive, pro-Russian regime, they turned to the great heavyweight boxer Vitali Klitschko, whose towering presence on the front lines has both encouraged … more
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Olympic conference an eye-opener for athletes
The Vancouver Sun Canadian Olympic speedskater and cyclist Clara Hughes, of Winnipeg, Man., stops to take a picture of a photograph of Canadian skeleton athlete Michelle Kelly competing at the 2010 Olympics, outside the hotel where the Canadian Olympic team is gathered for a summit in Vancouver B.C., on Monday May 13, 2013. Photograph by: Darryl Dyck , THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER – Eric Neilson concedes … more
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Hughes lost two years to mental illness
Erin Cowan Special to The Nugget North Bay, Ontario May 23, 2013 On Thursday night, I stood beside a six-time Olympic medalist powerhouse, tears streaming down my cheeks. Clara Hughes gave me a reassuring squeeze around the shoulders and gave me her favourite medal to wear in the picture I was taking with her. The medal I wore around my neck was the bronze she won on Canadian … more
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Olympian Clara Hughes shares depression story to sold out London crowd
CTV London Published Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:35AM EDT Six-time Olympic medalist Clara Hughes told her personal story of depression at the Breakfast of Champions at the London Convention Centre Tuesday morning. The speed skater and cyclist says she is determined to break down the walls of stigma surrounding mental illness. “Making my experience with depression public knowledge made me realize this sharing is perhaps more important than … more
