Nicola Spirig

Nicola Spirig Hug

Nicola Spirig at the Sprint World Championships in Lausanne, 2011
Personal information
Born (1982-02-07) 7 February 1982
Medal record
Representing   Switzerland
Women's triathlon
Olympic Games
2012 London Individual
2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual
ITU Team Triathlon World Championships
2011 Lausanne Team
European Games
2015 Baku Individual
Updated on 20 August 2016.

Nicola Spirig Hug (born 7 February 1982) is a Swiss professional triathlete. She is the 2012 Olympic and 2015 European Games champion in women's triathlon.

Career

She is a member of the Swiss National Team and a double Olympian. She is an Olympic champion, and was World Championship runner up in 2010, Junior World Champion in 2001, Junior European Champion in 1999, and Elite European Champion in 2009 and 2010.

Spirig was born in Bülach. On 4 August 2012, Spirig won Gold in the Olympic Women's Triathlon,[1] winning a close race in a photo finish with Sweden's Lisa Nordén.

In the 13 years from 1998 to 2010, Spirig took part in 72 ITU competitions and achieved 39 top ten positions. In 2010, she won the European Championships and the World Championship Series triathlon in Madrid, and the silver medal at the World Championship Series triathlon in London. In the overall World Championship Series ranking she place second.

Spirig has also competed as a long-distance runner, finishing second at the Swiss Cross-Country Championships in 2014 and competing at the 2014 Zurich Marathon.[2] She subsequently competed in the marathon at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich, where she finished 24th in a time of 2:37.12.[3]

Personal life

Nicola Spirig lives in Winkel and holds a degree in law (lic.iur.). Both her elder sister Kathrin and her elder brother Thomas were high-performance sports people before they started their academic career, and Nicola Spirig's parents Ursula and Sepp are PE teachers. She is married to former Swiss triathlete Reto Hug. They have a son, born 2013.[4]

ITU competitions

The following lists are based upon the official ITU rankings and the athlete's Profile Page.[5] Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons and belong to the Elite category.

Olympics

Date Competition Place Rank
  2012-08-04   Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom 1st, gold medalist(s)
  2016-08-20   Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd, silver medalist(s)
  2008-08-18   Summer Olympics Beijing, China 6
  2004-08-25   Summer Olympics Athens, Greece 19

World Championships

Nicola Spirig and Helen Jenkins at the World Championship Series triathlon in Madrid, 2010.
Nicola Spirig at the World Championship Series triathlon in Kitzbuhel, 2010.
Date Competition Place Rank
  2012-06-23   World Triathlon Kitzbuehel, Austria 1st, gold medalist(s)
  2012-05-26   World Triathlon Madrid, Spain 1st, gold medalist(s)
  2012-04-14   Dextro Energy World Championships Series Sydney, Australia 5
  2011-08-21   Team World Championships Lausanne, Switzerland 2nd, silver medalist(s)
  2011-08-20   Dextro Energy World Championship Series: Sprint World Championship Lausanne, Switzerland 16
  2011-08-06   Dextro Energy World Championship Series London, United Kingdom 8
  2011-07-16   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Hamburg, Germany 12
  2010-09-08   Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Budapest, Hungary 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
  2010-08-21   World Championships (Sprint) Lausanne, Switzerland 6
  2010-08-14   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbuhel, Austria 18
  2010-07-24   Dextro Energy World Championship Series London, United Kingdom 2nd, silver medalist(s)
  2010-06-05   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid, Spain 1st, gold medalist(s)
  2010-05-08   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Seoul, South Korea 4
  2009-08-22   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Yokohama, Japan 10
  2009-08-15   Dextro Energy World Championship Series London, United Kingdom 1st, gold medalist(s)
  2009-07-11   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbuhel, Austria 2nd, silver medalist(s)
  2007-08-30   BG World Championships Hamburg, Germany 19
  2005-09-10   World Championships (U23) Gamagori, Japan 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
  2004-05-09   World Championships Madeira DNF
  2003-12-06   World Championships Queenstown, New Zealand 33
  2002-11-09   World Championships (U23) Cancun, Mexico 3rd, bronze medalist(s)

World Cups

Gold medalist Spirig with Emmie Charayron and Helen Jenkins at the World Championship Series triathlon in Madrid, 2010.
Date Competition Place Rank
  2012-03-25   World Cup Mooloolaba, Australia 2nd, silver medalist(s)
  2010-10-10   World Cup Huatulco, Mexico 2nd, silver medalist(s)
  2008-09-27   BG World Cup Lorient, France 8
  2008-07-20   BG World Cup Kitzbuhel, Austria 1st, gold medalist(s)
  2008-04-26   BG World Cup Tongyeong, South Korea 8
  2008-04-13   BG World Cup Ishigaki, Japan 6
  2007-12-01   BG World Cup Eilat, Israel 1st, gold medalist(s)
  2007-10-07   BG World Cup Rhodes, Greece 6
  2007-09-15   BG World Cup Beijing, China 7
  2007-07-29   BG World Cup Salford, United Kingdom 10
  2007-07-22   BG World Cup Kitzbuhel, Austria 6
  2007-05-13   BG World Cup Richards Bay, South Africa 5
  2007-05-06   BG World Cup Lisbon, Portugal 8
  2007-04-15   BG World Cup Ishigaki, Japan 6
  2007-03-25   BG World Cup Mooloolaba, Australia 17
  2006-11-12   BG World Cup New Plymouth, New Zealand 12
  2006-11-05   BG World Cup Cancun, Mexico 17
  2006-07-23   BG World Cup Corner Brook, Canada DNS
  2006-06-11   BG World Cup Richards Bay, South Africa 8
  2006-06-04   BG World Cup Madrid, Spain 17
  2005-09-17   OSIM World Cup Beijing, China 32
  2005-08-06   World Cup Hamburg, Germany DNF
  2005-07-31   World Cup Salford, United Kingdom 12
  2005-06-05   World Cup Madrid, Spain 11
  2004-07-25   World Cup Salford, United Kingdom 13
  2004-04-25   World Cup Mazatlan, Mexico 11
  2004-04-11   World Cup Ishigaki, Japan 14
  2003-10-25   World Cup Athens, Greece 24
  2003-10-19   World Cup Madeira 17
  2003-09-21   World Cup Madrid, Spain DNF
  2003-09-06   World Cup Hamburg, Germany 15
  2003-07-20   World Cup Corner Brook, Canada 11
  2003-07-13   World Cup Edmonton, Canada 19
  2003-06-07   World Cup Tongyeong, South Korea 26
  2002-10-13   World Cup Madeira 20
  2002-09-21   World Cup Nice, France 21
  2002-08-31   World Cup Lausanne, Switzerland 15
  2002-07-21   World Cup Corner Brook, Canada 9
  2001-08-25   World Cup Lausanne, Switzerland 9

European Championships

Date Competition Place Rank
  2012-04-20   European Championships Eilat, Israel 1st, gold medalist(s)
  2010-07-03   European Championships Athlone, Ireland 1st, gold medalist(s)
  2009-07-02   European Championships Holten, Netherlands 1st, gold medalist(s)
  2008-05-10   European Championships Lisbon, Portugal 4
  2007-06-29   European Championships Copenhagen, Denmark 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
  2006-06-23   European Championships Autun, France 13
  2005-08-20   European Championships Lausanne, Switzerland 12
  2005-07-17   European Championships (U23) Sofia, Bulgaria 2nd, silver medalist(s)
  2004-04-18   European Championships Valencia, Spain 14
  2003-06-21   European Championships Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic 12
  2002-07-06   European Championships Győr, Hungary 14

European Games

Date Competition Place Rank
  2015-06-13   1st European Games Baku, Azerbaijan 1st, gold medalist(s)

European Cups

Date Competition Place Rank
  2007-08-19   European Cup Geneva, Switzerland 2nd, silver medalist(s)
  2002-06-08   European Cup Belgrade, Serbia 3rd, bronze medalist(s)

Junior results

Date Competition Place Rank
  2001-07-22   World Championships Edmonton, Canada 1st, gold medalist(s)
  2001-06-23   European Championships Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic 2nd, silver medalist(s)
  2000-07-08   European Championships Stein, Netherlands 5
  2000-04-30   World Championships Perth, Australia 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
  1999-07-03   European Championships Funchal, Madeira 1st, gold medalist(s)
  1998-08-30   World Championships Lausanne, Switzerland 5
  1998-07-04   European Championships Velden, Austria 18

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Nicola Spirig". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Spirig can set the tone on a marathon day in Europe". European Athletics Association. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Henderson, Jason (16 August 2014). "Euro marathon gold for Christelle Daunay". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Jörg Greb: Der «schnelle» Sohn der Triathlon-Olympiasiegerin. In: Tages-Anzeiger vom 24. März 2013
  5. ↑ "Results for: Spirig, Nicola (SUI)". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 4 October 2012.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Sarah Meier		 Swiss Sportswoman of the Year
2012 		Succeeded by
Giulia Steingruber
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