24 Facts About Marcel Hug

Marcel Hug was born in the municipality of Pfyn in Switzerland in 1986.

The ten-year-old Marcel Hug was introduced to racing when a sports teacher bought him an old racing wheelchair.

Marcel Hug competed in his first world class international when he was selected to represent Switzerland at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens despite not being part of the national team setup.

Marcel Hug failed to medal in the 400m and 5000m but finishing third in both the 800m and 1500m where he won his two bronze medals.

In 2006 Marcel Hug competed for Switzerland at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Assen in the Netherlands.

Marcel Hug collected a further three medals at the games, silvers in the 400m, 800m and 5,000m.

In 2008 Marcel Hug travelled to Beijing with the Swiss team to compete in the Summer Paralympics.

Marcel Hug's fortunes changed over the next two years and this was highlighted by his results in the 2010 season.

Between the 24 and 27 June 2010 Marcel Hug competed at a race meet in Switzerland.

The next major competition for Marcel Hug was the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championship held in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Marcel Hug was disqualified from his less favoured sprint events, the 100m and 200m, but in the mid distance 400m, he took the silver, finishing second to China's Liu Chengming.

Marcel Hug was still able to leave the Championship with a gold when he took the 10,000m, but failed to complete the marathon.

Marcel Hug entered five events, reaching the finals in all of them.

Marcel Hug completed 2012 by retaining his marathon crown in German by winning the 2012 Berlin Marathon.

Marcel Hug took full opportunity of the situation and dominated the T54 track events.

Marcel Hug entered six events winning gold in five of them: 400 metres, 1,500 metres, 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres and Marathon.

In November 2013 Marcel Hug entered his fourth New York Marathon, and in a close race edged out South Africa's Ernst Van Dyk to take the title.

On 13 April 2014, a week after winning the Paris Marathon, Marcel Hug entered the London Marathon, beating his long-time rival Weir into second place to take the men's wheelchair title.

Later that year Marcel Hug competed in the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, with commentators believing the major medals would be contested between Marcel Hug and Weir.

Marcel Hug finished fifth in the 1500m but managed to win a silver in the 5000m.

Marcel Hug entered the 800m, where he finished third to collect his second medal of the games.

In 2016 Marcel Hug won two elite city marathon events in the space of a week.

Marcel Hug won medals in all four events, two silvers in the 1500m and 5000m races and his first Paralympic gold medals, one in the 800m and then on the last day he won the men's T54 marathon.

In October 2022, Marcel Hug won the 2022 London Marathon, with a time of 1:24:38, two seconds ahead of American competitor Daniel Romanchuk.