Angèle Hug (born 30 July 2000) is a French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2017. She competes in the C1 and K1 events, having competed in C2 Mixed with Théo Roisin in 2017. She is from Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieux in the
Ardèche
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Paris
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. She also won three medals (two silvers and one bronze) at the
European Championships
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Career
She finished 2nd in domestic selections for the C1 event at the
2020 Tokyo Olympics
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, becoming Olympic substitute and securing a spot on the World Cup team. At her first
World Cup
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Ivrea
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Tacen
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, Hug finished 4th in K1 and 5th in C1. At the 2021 U23 Europeans, she finished 6th in both events.
In 2024 she claimed silver medal at the Paris Olympics in kayak cross.
Hug has four medals at the U23 World Championships with a gold in K1 team (
2021
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), a silver in C1 team (2021) and two bronzes (mixed C2:
2017
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Events January
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, K1 team:
2022
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).
Results
World Cup individual podiums
:1 2024 Olympic qualifier. Did not count for World Cup rankings.
Complete World Cup results
Notes
No overall rankings were determined by the ICF, with only two races possible due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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