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Alexander Hug (ski mountaineer)

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Alexander Hug
Born (1975-05-11) 11 May 1975 (age 49)
Walenstadt, Switzerland
Medal record
Ski mountaineering
Representing  Switzerland
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2004 World Championship Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2006 World Championship Relay
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2005 European Championship Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2005 European Championship Single

Alexander Hug (born 11 May 1975) is a Swiss ski mountaineer.

Biography

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Hug was born in Walenstadt and used for his first ski mountaineering attempts on the Garmil years self-tinkered touring bindings, when he was eleven years old. He started armateur ski mountaineering sports in 1990 and competed first at the "Arflina race". In 1999 and 2000 he won the "Pizol Challenge", and has been member of the national team since 2000. He enjoys also mountain biking, climbing and mountain running. Together with Beat Good and Andreas Zimmermann he created the "Pizol Altiski", which he organized in 2003.[1] In autumn of 2005 he was trained as a landscape gardener in London. He currently works at Golf Club Bad Ragaz[citation needed]. He lives in Sargans.[2]

Selected results

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Pierra Menta

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  • 2001: 10th, together with Olivier Nägele
  • 2007: 6th, together with Alain Rey

Trofeo Mezzalama

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Patrouille des Glaciers

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  • 2000: 6th (and 2nd international military teams ranking), together with Pvt E-2 Laurent Perruchoud and Pvt E-2 Daniel Hediger[5]
  • 2004: 4th, together with Florent Troillet and Christian Pittex
  • 2006: 2nd, together with Didier Moret and Christian Pittex
  • 2008: 1st, together with Florent Troillet and Didier Moret

References

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