Reto Hug
{{short description|Swiss triathlete}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|01|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Marthalen, Switzerland
| residence = Bachenbülach, Switzerland
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| height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
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| country = Switzerland
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{{MedalSport | Men's triathlon}}
{{MedalCountry | {{SUI}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|ITU Triathlon World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver| 2005 Gamagōri | Elite men's race}}
{{MedalBronze| 2008 Vancouver | Elite men's race}}
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Reto Hug (born 24 January 1975 in Marthalen) is a former athlete from Switzerland, who competed in the triathlon.
Athletic career
=Olympics=
Hug competed in his first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took eighth place with a total time of 1:49:21.30. At the following games, Hug competed again in the triathlon competition, placing 40th with a time of 2:01:40.43. In 2008, Hug returned to the Olympics and placed 29th in triathlon with a time of 1:52:04.93.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hu/reto-hug-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031035/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hu/reto-hug-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Reto Hug |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=23 July 2010}}
=ITU events=
In International Triathlon Union (ITU), Hug has taken 2nd at the 2005 ITU Triathlon World Championships and placed 3rd at the 2008 ITU Triathlon World Championships. He is also the 1999 ETU Triathlon European Champion.{{cite web |url=http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/reto_hug/ |title=Reto Hug Profile Page |publisher=International Triathlon Union |accessdate=23 July 2010}}
Following the end of 2012 season he retired from professional sport. He is married to Swiss triathlete Nicola Spirig. They have a son, born in 2013{{Cite web |url=http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ipad/panorama/Der-schnelle-Sohn-br-der-TriathlonOlympiasiegerin/story/17944625 |title=Der "schnelle" Sohn der Triathlon-Olympiasiegerin (The "fast" son the Triathlon Olympic champion) |language=German |accessdate=25 March 2013 |date=24 March 2013 |first=Jörg |last=Greb |publisher=Tages-Anzeiger}} and a daughter, born 2017.[https://www.schweizer-illustrierte.ch/stars/schweiz/nicola-spirigs-2-kinder-mann-familie-twitter/ Nicola Spirig bringt ein Mädchen zur Welt] (11. Juli 2017)
References
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{{Footer European Champions Triathlon Men|state=uncollapsed}}
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Category:Swiss male triathletes
Category:Olympic triathletes for Switzerland
Category:Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Triathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from the canton of Zürich
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