Fiona Hughes

For the British philosopher, see Fiona Hughes (academic).

Not to be confused with the English actress and author Finola Hughes.

Fiona Hughes
Full name	Fiona-Elizabeth Hughes
Born	(1990-03-05) 5 March 1990 (age 34) Huddersfield, England
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Ski club	Yorkshire Dales Cross Country Ski Club, England
World Cup career
Seasons	2009 World Championships 2010 Olympic Winter Games
Updated on 8 AUGUST 2014.

Fiona-Elizabeth Hughes (born 5 March 1990) is an English cross-country skier from Huddersfield.^[1] She has competed in the World Cup since February 2010 and represented Great Britain at the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 Winter Olympics. Hughes is the only female British cross-country skier competing at the 2010 Olympics.^[1]

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 Canada in 2010.

She's currently reading Engineering at Queens' College, Cambridge.

References

1. Booth, Mel (16 February 2010). "Huddersfield's Fiona Hughes frustrated with 68th place finish in Winter Olympics cross-country skiing". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 17 February 2010.

External links

• Fiona-Elizabeth Hughes at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Fiona Hughes Archived 15 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine at British Olympic Association Archived 30 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine