Angèle Hug

Angèle Hug
Hug in 2024
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (2000-07-30) 30 July 2000[1]
Home townLes Ollières-sur-Eyrieux, Ardèche[2]
Sport
CountryFrance
SportCanoe slalom
Rank
No. 48 (C1)
No. 102 (K1)
Events
C1, K1, Kayak cross, Mixed C2
ClubEyrieux Canoe Kayak[3]
Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisKayak cross
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 PenrithKayak cross
Bronze medal – third place2026 Oklahoma CityC1 team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 Vaires-sur-MarneKayak cross individual
Silver medal – second place2025 Vaires-sur-MarneC1 team
Bronze medal – third place2021 IvreaC1 team
U23 World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 TacenK1 team
Silver medal – second place2021 TacenC1 team
Silver medal – second place2023 KrakówKayak cross
Silver medal – second place2023 KrakówC1 team
Bronze medal – third place2017 BratislavaMixed C2
Bronze medal – third place2022 IvreaK1 team
U23 European Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 České BudějoviceK1
Silver medal – second place2022 České BudějoviceK1 team
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 IvreaC1 team

Angèle Hug (born 30 July 2000) is a French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2017.[4] She competes in the C1, K1 and kayak cross, and also competed in C2 Mixed with Théo Roisin in 2017. She is from Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieux in the Ardèche department of France.[2]

Career

Hug won a silver medal in the kayak cross event at the 2024 Summer Olympic in Paris.[5]

She also won two medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in kayak cross in 2025 and a bronze in C1 team in 2026.

Hug won three medals (two silvers and one bronze) at the European Championships.

She finished 2nd in domestic selections for the C1 event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming Olympic substitute and securing a spot on the World Cup team.[3] At her first World Cup in Pau, Hug placed 8th after qualifying third fastest into the final.[6]

At the 2021 European Championships in Ivrea, she won a bronze medal in the C1 team event, placing 16th individually. Hug finished 4th in the mixed C2 event at the 2017 World Championships in Pau.[7]

She finished 5th in the 2021 World Cup standings for C1, making two finals.[8] At the 2021 U23 World Championships in Tacen, Hug finished 4th in K1 and 5th in C1. At the 2021 U23 Europeans, she finished 6th in both events.

Hug has won six medals at the U23 World Championships with a gold in K1 team (2021), three silvers (kayak cross 2023, C1 team: 2021, 2023) and two bronzes (mixed C2: 2017, K1 team: 2022).

Results

World Cup individual podiums

Season Date Venue Position Event
20233 June 2023Augsburg2ndC1
20249 June 2024Prague1stKayak cross1
22 September 2024La Seu d'Urgell3rdKayak cross
20258 June 2025La Seu d'Urgell1stKayak cross
14 June 2025Pau3rdC1
7 September 2025Augsburg3rdKayak cross individual
202631 May 2026Tacen2ndKayak cross individual
31 May 2026Tacen3rdKayak cross
1 2024 Olympic qualifier. Did not count for World Cup rankings.

Complete World Cup results

Year WC1 WC2 WC3 WC4 WC5 Points Position
2020 Tacen Slovenia
 		 Pau France
8		 N/A[a]
2021 Prague Czech Republic
5		 MarkkleebergGermany
13		 La Seu Spain
10		 Pau France
11		 172 5th

Notes
a No overall rankings were determined by the ICF, with only two races possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

  1. ↑ "Angele Hug". L'Equipe. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Coupe du monde : l'Ardéchoise Angèle Hug privée de finale [World Cup: Ardéchoise Angèle Hug deprived of the final]". Le Dauphine (in French). June 20, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 "L'Ardéchoise Angèle Hug, remplaçante olympique après les piges de sélection à Pau [Ardéchoise Angèle Hug, Olympic substitute after the selection rounds in Pau]". La Tribune (in French). October 23, 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Angele HUG (FRA)". ICF. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Angèle Hug prend la médaille d'argent, 45e médaille française". Le Figaro (in French). 2024-08-05. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  6. ↑ "COUPE DU MONDE : L'ARDÉCHOISE ANGÈLE HUG 8E ET MEILLEURE FRANÇAISE [WORLD CUP: ARDÉCHOISE ANGÈLE HUG 8TH AND BEST FRENCHWOMAN]". Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieux (in French). November 8, 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Angele HUG (FRA)". canoeslalom.net. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "2021 World Cup Final Ranking" (PDF). canoeslalom.net. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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