Dan Hugo

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Personal information
Date of birth 1st July 1985 (age 35)
place of birth Worcester
societies
successes
2011 Vice world champion cross triathlon
status
Resigned in 2015

Dan Hugo (born Daniel Godfrey Hugo on July 1, 1985 in Worcester ) is a former triathlete from South Africa .

Career

Dan Hugo attended Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch .

Vice-World Champion Xterra Cross-Triathlon 2011

He was active in cross triathlon and was able to win the Xterra South Africa four times (2008, 2010, 2011, 2014). In October 2011, Dan Hugo became vice world champion in cross triathlon in Hawaii - second behind the Austrian Michael Weiss , who was banned for two years just a month later because of doping.

After sustaining serious injuries in a wheel fall in the summer of 2012, he has competed in the Xterra racing series again since 2013 .
In 2015, shortly after his 30th birthday, he declared his professional career over.

Today he works as a trainer and looks after the triathlete Bradley Weiss , who won the Xterra World Championship in October 2017, and the four-time Xterra World Champion Flora Duffy (2014-2017).

Sporting successes

Cross triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
29 Mar 2014 1 Xterra Guam United StatesUnited States Guam 02:28:40
22 Mar 2014 1 Xterra South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Waco
23 Mar 2013 2 Xterra Guam United StatesUnited States Guam
Feb. 24, 2013 2 Xterra South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Waco
Feb. 26, 2012 3 Xterra South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Waco
Oct 23, 2011 2 Xterra World Championships United StatesUnited States Maui Vice world champion cross triathlon (1.5 km swimming, 29.5 km mountain bike and 9.8 km cross-country run)
May 22, 2011 2 Xterra Southeast Coast Championships United StatesUnited States Pelham, Alabama
May 15, 2011 2 Xterra Pacific Championships United StatesUnited States Santa Cruz 02:13:38
Feb. 26, 2011 1 Xterra South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Waco
Aug 15, 2010 2 Xterra Mexico MexicoMexico Valle de Bravo 02:19:21
Feb. 26, 2010 1 Xterra South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Waco
  2010 1 Xterra Brazil BrazilBrazil Mangaratiba 02:21:12
June 20, 2009 3 Xterra Southcentral Championships United StatesUnited States Waco
0June 8, 2008 2 Xterra Southeast Coast Championships United StatesUnited States Pelham, Alabama
Apr 19, 2008 1 Xterra South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Waco
  2004 3 Xterra South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Waco

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dan Hugo Back To Racing After Crash (February 12, 2013)
  2. ↑ Hugo retires at top of his game (April 10, 2015)
  3. ^ Stoltz, Paterson win 2011 XTERRA Pacific Championship
personal data
SURNAME Hugo, Dan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hugo, Daniel Godfrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Worcester , South Africa