Open heart, open mind / Clara Hughes.
Open heart, open mind / Clara Hughes.
By
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Hughes, Clara.
Publication Date
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2015
Publication Information
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Toronto : Simon & Schuster Canada,
Physical Description
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viii, 227 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill.
Subject Term
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Women Olympic athletes -- Canada -- Biography.
Olympic athletes -- Biography.
Women speed skaters -- Canada -- Biography.
Speed skaters -- Canada -- Biography.
Women cyclists -- Canada -- Biography.
Cyclists -- Canada -- Biography.
Depressed persons -- Canada -- Biography.
Summary
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From one of Canada’s most decorated Olympians comes a life-affirming story of one woman's struggle with depression. In a world where winning meant everything, her biggest competitor was herself. In 2006, when Clara Hughes stepped onto the Olympic podium in Torino, Italy, she became the first and only athlete ever to win multiple medals in both Summer and Winter Games. But there's another story behind her celebrated career as an athlete, behind her signature billboard smile. While most professional athletes devote their entire lives to training, Clara spent her teenage years using drugs and drinking to escape the stifling home life her alcoholic father had created in Elmwood, Winnipeg. She was headed nowhere fast when, at sixteen, she watched transfixed in her living room as gold medal speed skater GaÔetan Boucher effortlessly raced in the 1988 Calgary Olympics. Dreaming of one day competing herself, Clara channeled her anger, frustration and raw ambition into the endurance sports of speed skating and cycling. By 2010, she had become a six-time Olympic medalist.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781476756981
General Note
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Includes index.
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Burin (BBN) | Adult Bio | Adult Biography | B H87 | Checked In |
Conception Bay South (ACS) | Adult Bio | Adult Biography | B H87 | Checked In |
Corner Brook (WCB) | Adult Bio | Adult Biography | B H87 | Checked In |
Deer Lake (WDL) | Adult Bio | Adult Biography | B H87 | Checked In |
Fortune (BFE) | Adult Bio | Adult Biography | B H87 | Checked In |
Gander (GGR) | Adult Bio | Adult Biography | B H87 | Checked In |
Grand Falls-Windsor (CGF) Harmsworth | Adult Bio | Adult Biography | B H87 | Checked In |
Holyrood (AHD) | Adult Bio | Adult Biography | B H87 | Checked In |
Mount Pearl (AMP) R. King | Adult Bio | Adult Biography | B H87 | Checked In |
St. Anthony (NSA) | Adult Bio | Adult Biography | B H87 | Checked In |
St. John's - Marjorie Mews (SJA) | Adult Bio | Adult Biography | B H87 | Checked In |
St. John's - Michael Donovan (SJB) | Adult Bio | Adult Biography | B H87 | Checked In |