Alexander Hug

Alexander Hug
nation	Switzerland
birthday	11th May 1975 (age 45)
place of birth	Walenstadt
Career
discipline	Ski mountaineering
last change: September 14, 2018

Alexander Hug (born May 11, 1975 in Walenstadt ) is a former Swiss ski mountaineer .

Career

Hug made his first attempt at ski mountaineering at the age of eleven when he climbed the Garmil with a self-made touring binding . Since 1990 he has been practicing amateur sport and in 1995 he took part in his first competition in this sport by taking part in the “Arflinalauf”. He won the “ Pizol Challenge” in 1999 and 2000. Since 2000 he has been a member of the Swiss national ski mountaineering team . He also does mountain biking, climbing and mountain running . In 2003 he was the organizer of “Pizol Altiski”, born through him together with Beat Good and Andreas Zimmermann.

In autumn 2005 he completed an internship as a landscape gardener in London and lives in Sargans .

Successes (selection)

• 2002:
  • 7th place in the world championship ski mountaineering singles
  • 7th place at the World Ski Mountaineering Team with Pius Schuwey
  • 8th place in the world championship ski mountaineering combined classification

• 2003:
  • 5th place in the European Ski Mountaineering Team with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz
  • 10th place at the European Ski Mountaineering Championship, combined ranking

• 2004:
  • 3rd place world championship ski mountaineering relay (with Rico Elmer , Alain Richard and Pierre Bruchez ), Val d'Aran
  • 5th place world championship ski mountaineering team with Pittex

• 2005:
  • 1st place Swiss Championship Ski Mountaineering Individual
  • 2nd place at the European Ski Mountaineering Season with Pittex, Jean-Yves Rey and Yannick Ecoeur
  • 3rd place at the European Championships in Andorra ski mountaineering singles
  • 4th place at the European Vertical Race Championship
  • 4th World Cup, Salt Lake City
  • 6th place World Cup Team (with Troillet)

• 2006:
  • 1st place Swiss Championship Vertical Race
  • 2. at the Adamello Ski Raid (with Pittex and Moret )
  • 3rd place at the World Ski Mountaineering Championship (with Alain Rey , Rico Elmer and Florent Troillet)
  • 4th place at the World Ski Mountaineering Team with Rico Elmer
  • 2nd place World Cup Siglerace Slovakia
  • 2nd place World Cup Singlerace Spain

• 2007:
  • 5th place European championship ski mountaineering team with Troillet
  • 9th place at the European Ski Mountaineering Championship, combined ranking

• 2010:
  • 1st place in the Swiss Alpine Skiing Championships Team with Marcel Marti
  • 4th place Mountain Attack in Saalbach
  • Ascent of Mount Everest with the Top to Top project

• 2011:
  • 1st place Swiss Championship Ski Mountaineering Individual

• 2012:
  • Vorarlberg Ski Touring Cup overall winner
  • Sardona Ultra Trail Run 2nd place

• 2013:
  • VSTC overall winner

Ötzi Alpine Marathon

• 2007: 2nd overall
• 2009: 3rd overall
• 2012: 4th overall
• 2013: 6th overall

Pierra Menta

• 2001: 10th place with Olivier Nägele
• 2007: 6th place with Alain Rey
• 2008: 10th place with Alexander Lugger

Trofeo Mezzalama

• 2001: 8th place with Olivier Nägele and Nicolao Lanfranchi
• 2005: 2nd place with Florent Troillet and Christian Pittex
• 2007: 15th place with Nägele and Alexander Lugger
• 2011: 8th place with Didier Moret and Marcel Theux
• 2013: 12th place with Didier Moret and Cedric Remy

Patrol des Glaciers

• 2000: 6th place with Hediger and Perrouchaud
• 2004: 4th place with Florent Troillet and Christian Pittex
• 2006: 2nd place with Didier Moret and Christian Pittex
• 2008: 1st place with Florent Troillet and Didier Moret
• 2012: 7th place with Didier Moret and Reynold Ginier

Web links

• Alexander Hug at Skimountaineering.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ It all started with a self-made binding ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 93 kB)
2. ↑ Swiss Championship in the Vertical Race in Nendaz . (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on March 4, 2020 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. skiinternat-oberstdorf.de