Alexander Hug (born May 11, 1975) is a Swiss ski mountaineer.
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.
2002:
7th, World Championship 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)
10th, European Championship combination ranking
2004:
3rd, World Championship relay race (together with Rico Elmer, Alain Richard 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 and Yannick Ecoeur)
3rd, European Championship single race
4th, European Championship vertical race
4th, World Cup race, Salt Lake City
6th, World Cup team (together with Florent Troillet)
2006:
1st, Swiss Championship vertical race
2nd, Adamello Ski Raid (together with Christian Pittex and Didier Moret)
3rd, World Championship relay race (together with Alain Rey, Rico Elmer 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, together with Florent Troillet
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
2000: 6th (and 2nd international military teams ranking), 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
