Angèle Hug
French slalom canoeist
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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]
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 July 2000[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieux, Ardèche[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoe slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | No. 48 (C1) No. 102 (K1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Events | C1, K1, Kayak cross, Mixed C2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Eyrieux Canoe Kayak[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Hug won a silver medal in the kayak cross event at the 2024 Summer Olympic in Paris.[5]
She also won the gold medal in kayak cross at the 2025 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Penrith.
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 |
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| 2023 | 3 June 2023 | Augsburg | 2nd | C1 |
| 2024 | 9 June 2024 | Prague | 1st | Kayak cross1 |
| 22 September 2024 | La Seu d'Urgell | 3rd | Kayak cross | |
| 2025 | 8 June 2025 | La Seu d'Urgell | 1st | Kayak cross |
| 14 June 2025 | Pau | 3rd | C1 | |
| 7 September 2025 | Augsburg | 3rd | Kayak cross individual | |
| 2026 | 31 May 2026 | Tacen | 2nd | Kayak cross individual |
| 31 May 2026 | Tacen | 3rd | Kayak cross |
- 1 2024 Olympic qualifier. Did not count for World Cup rankings.
Complete World Cup results
Notes
a No overall rankings were determined by the ICF, with only two races possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
