Alexander Hug (ski mountaineer)
Alexander Hug is a Swiss ski mountaineer.Biography
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. In autumn of 2005 he was trained as a landscape gardener in London. He currently works at Golf Club Bad Ragaz. He lives in Sargans.Selected results
- 2002:
- * 7th, World Championship single race
- * 7th, World Championship team race
- * 8th, World Championship combination ranking
- 2003:
- * 5th, European Championship team race
- * 10th, European Championship combination ranking
- 2004:
- * 3rd, World Championship relay race
- * 5th, World Championship
- 2005:
- * 1st, Swiss Championship single
- * 2nd, European Championship relay race
- * 3rd, European Championship single race
- * 4th, European Championship vertical race
- * 4th, World Cup race, Salt Lake City
- * 6th, World Cup team
- 2006:
- * 1st, Swiss Championship vertical race
- * 2nd, Adamello Ski Raid
- * 3rd, World Championship relay race
- * 4th, World Championship team race
- 2007:
- * 5th, European Championship team race
- * 9th European Championship combination ranking
- 2008:
- * 1st, Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Florent Troillet
Pierra Menta
- 2001: 10th, together with Olivier Nägele
- 2007: 6th, together with Alain Rey
- 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 and Didier Moret
Patrouille des Glaciers
- 2000: 6th, together with Pvt E-2 Laurent Perruchoud and Pvt E-2 Daniel Hediger
- 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