Alexander Hug (born 11 May 1975) is a

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ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

Biography

Hug was born in

Walenstadt Walenstadt is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is located on Lake Walen (also known as "Lake Walenstadt"). Geography Walenstadt has an area of . Of this area, ...

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 Mountain biking is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and pe ...

climbing Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or any other part of the body to ascend a steep topographical object that can range from the world's tallest mountains (e.g. the eight thousanders), to small boulders. Climbing is done fo ...

and

mountain running Mountain running is a sports discipline which takes place mainly off-road in mountainous terrain, but if there is significant elevation gain on the route, surfaced roads may be used. In this it differs from fell running; also its courses are more ...

. Together with Beat Good and Andreas Zimmermann he created the "Pizol Altiski", which he organized in 2003.''Mit selbst gemachter Bindung fing alles an''
(German). In autumn of 2005 he was trained as a landscape gardener in

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. He currently works at Golf Club Bad Ragaz. He lives in

Sargans Sargans is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Sargans is known for its castle, which dates from before the founding of the Swiss Confederation in 1291. Sargans was also ...

.''Alexander Hug ist Schweizermeister''
(German), press release.

Selected results

* 2002: ** 7th,

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single race ** 7th, World Championship team race (together with Pius Schuwey) ** 8th, World Championship combination ranking * 2003: ** 5th, European Championship team race (together with

Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz (born April 23, 1968) from Verbier is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Taramarcaz was born in Martigny VS and has been member of the national team since 1998. Selected results * 1996: ** 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, tog ...

) ** 10th, European Championship combination ranking * 2004: ** 3rd,

relay race (together with

Rico Elmer Rico Elmer (born 23 July 1969) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and mountain runner. Elmer was born in village of Elm in the canton of Glarus. He first competed in the Patrouille des Glaciers event in 1996 and has been member of the national team s ...

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and Pierre Bruchez) ** 5th, World Championship (together with Christian Pittex) * 2005: ** 1st, Swiss Championship single ** 2nd, European Championship relay race (together with Christian Pittex,

Jean-Yves Rey Jean-Yves Rey (born November 24, 1970) is a Switzerland, Swiss ski mountaineer and long distance runner. Rey was born in Sierre. He started ski mountaineering in 1990, competing first in the Patrouille des Glaciers short distance race. He was a ...

and

Yannick Ecoeur Yannick Ecoeur (born 23 August 1981) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and mountain runner. Ecoeur was born in Martigny VS. He started ski mountaineering in 2003 and has been member of the national team since 2005. At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics he a ...

) ** 3rd, European Championship single race ** 4th, European Championship

vertical race A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical Races for women and men are ...

** 4th, World Cup race,

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** 6th, World Cup team (together with

Florent Troillet Florent Troillet (born 7 June 1981) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Troillet was born in Lourtier. He competed first in 1995. He has been member of the national team since 1996 and member of the Dynafit team since 2003. In 2007, in a team with Sim ...

) * 2006: ** 1st, Swiss Championship vertical race ** 2nd,

Adamello Ski Raid The Adamello Ski Raid is an annual ski mountaineering competition at the Italian Tonale Pass declared as the final race of the European Cup of Ski Mountaineering by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions The International Cou ...

(together with Christian Pittex and

Didier Moret Didier Moret (born 25 April 1975) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Moret was born in Riaz. He started ski mountaineering in 1996 and competed first in the Trophée de Plain Névé race on the Grand Muveran in the same year. He has been member of th ...

) ** 3rd,

relay race (together with

Alain Rey Alain Rey (; – )
...

and Florent Troillet) ** 4th, World Championship team race (together with Rico Elmer) * 2007: ** 5th, European Championship team race (together with Florent Troillet) ** 9th European Championship combination ranking * 2008: ** 1st,

Trophée des Gastlosen The Trophée des Gastlosen ("trophy of the Gastlosen") is a Swiss competition of ski mountaineering, which is carried out annually in the Gastlosen, near Jaun, since 1993. The history of the Trophée des Gastlosen goes back to 1987, when Erha ...

, together with Florent Troillet

Pierra Menta

* 2001: 10th, together with

Olivier Nägele Olivier Nägele (born 17 March 1972) is a Liechtensteiner ski mountaineer. Nägele started ski mountaineering in 1990 and competed first Mountain Attack race in 2000. Because Liechtenstein has no national ski mountaineering team, he mostly takes ...

* 2007: 6th, together with Alain Rey

Trofeo Mezzalama

* 2001: 8th, together with Olivier Nägele and Nicolao Leone Lanfranchi * 2005: 2nd, together with Florent Troillet and Christian Pittex * 2011: 8th, together with

Marcel Theux Marcel Theux (born August 9, 1988) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and long-distance runner. Theux was born in Orsières. He started ski mountaineering in 2002 and participated in his first race in 2003. Since 2007, he has been member of the Swiss n ...

and Didier Moret

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2000: 6th (and 2nd international military teams ranking), together with Pvt E-2 Laurent Perruchoud and Pvt E-2 Daniel Hediger''2000 Patrouille des Glaciers''
p. 2. * 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

External links

Alexander Hug
at ''Skimountaineering.org''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hug, Alexander 1975 births Living people Swiss male ski mountaineers Swiss military patrol (sport) runners People from Walenstadt Sportspeople from the canton of St. Gallen