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File No. 747874 · Adjudicated
Clara Hughes
Athlete — Canadian speed skater
Born
1972
Birthplace
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA
Citizenships
CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
5.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria
Designation
Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.
Scorecard
Path A — born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA
Canadian parentage — not scored
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Manitoba
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
Only athlete in history to win multiple medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics
The verdict
Six Olympic medals across two different sports — summer and winter — makes Clara Hughes not just Canadian, but superhuman. Born and raised in Winnipeg, she's represented Canada at the highest level in both cycling and speed skating, a feat literally no one else has matched. Canada doesn't just claim her; we basically built a statue.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org