Hugo Hay

Hugo Hay
Hugo Hay in Edinburgh 2018
nation	France
birthday	28th March 1997 (age 23)
place of birth	Bressuire , France
size	182 cm
Weight	61 kg
Career
discipline	5000 meter run
Best performance	13: 38.25 min
society	Sèvre Bocage AC
Trainer	Tim Moriau
status	active
Medal table
European Cross Country Championships 4 × 1 × 1 × U23 European Championships 0 × 1 × 0 ×
European Cross Country Championships gold Chia 2016 U20 team gold Šamorín 2017 U23 team silver Šamorín 2017 U23 singles gold Tilburg 2018 U23 team bronze Tilburg 2018 U23 singles gold Lisbon 2019 U23 team  U23 European Championships silver Gävle 2019 5000 m
last change: May 27, 2020

Hugo Hay (born March 28, 1997 in Bressuire ) is a French athlete who specializes in long-distance running.

Athletic career and life

Hugo Hay gained his first international experience at the 2015 World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang , where he finished 47th in the U20 category after 26:13 minutes. He then took part in the 5000 meter run at the European Junior Championships in Eskilstuna and finished sixth there in 14: 43.86 minutes. In 2017 he finished fifth at the U23 European Championships in Bydgoszcz in 14: 15.19 minutes and two years later he won the silver medal behind his compatriot Jimmy Gressier at the U23 European Championships in Gävle in 14: 17.00 minutes . In December he reached 18th place in the U23 classification after 25:15 min at the European Cross Country Championships in Lisbon and secured the gold medal in the team classification.

In 2019 , Hay became the French champion in the 5000 meter run.

Personal best

• 3000 meters: 8: 14.52 min, May 21, 2017 in Niort
  • 3000 meters (hall): 7: 58.48 min, February 29, 2020 in Liévin
• 5000 meters: 13: 38.25 min, July 20, 2019 in Heusden-Zolder

Web links

Commons : Hugo Hay  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Hugo Hay in the database of World Athletics (English)