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

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cross-country skier from

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. She has competed in the

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

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. 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

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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 21st-century English sportswomen {{UK-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub