Fiona-Elizabeth Hughes (born 5 March 1990) is an

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cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

from

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...

. She has competed in the

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since February 2010 and represented Great Britain at the 2009 World Championships and the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

. Hughes is the only female British cross-country skier competing at the 2010 Olympics. She finished 68th in the 10 km event at the 2010 Games while at the 2009 championships, Hughes finished 14th in the team sprint, 68th in the 10 km, 85th in the individual sprint, and was lapped in the 15 km mixed pursuit events. Her best World Cup finish was 60th in the individual sprint event at

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in 2010. She's currently reading Engineering at

Queens' College, Cambridge Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the oldest colleges of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. The college spans the River Cam, colloquially referred to as the "light s ...

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British Olympic Association
1990 births Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics English female cross-country skiers Living people Olympic cross-country skiers for Great Britain Sportspeople from Huddersfield Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade {{UK-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub