# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcel-hug
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:59:00.958Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marcel-hug"
name: "Marcel Hug"
slug: "marcel-hug"
description: "Marcel Eric Hug is a Paralympic athlete from Switzerland competing in category T54 wheelchair racing events. Hug, nicknamed 'The Silver Bullet', has competed in four Summer Paralympic Games for Switzerland, winning two bronze medals in his first Games in Athens in 2004. In 2010 he set four world records in four days, and at the 2011 World Championships he won a gold in the 10,000 metres and four silver medals, losing the gold in three events to long term rival David Weir. This rivalry continued into the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where Hug won two silvers, in the 800m and the marathon. In the 2013 World Championships Hug dominated the field, winning five golds and a silver. During the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, Hug was one of the most consistent competitors in the T54 class, winning two golds, in the 800m and marathon, and two silvers medals, in the 1500m and 5000m."
tagline: "Swiss para athletics competitor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcel_Hug_-_Paris_2014%2C_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1986-01-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.52
  momentum:             0.4210526315789472
  historical:           8.122142666666667
  currentAttention:     2.339181286549707
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MarcelEricHug"
    handle:    "MarcelEricHug"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/swisssilverbullet/"
    handle:    "swisssilverbullet"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/SwissSilverBullet"
    handle:    "SwissSilverBullet"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.marcelhug.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Marcel Hug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D8%BA"
    title: "مارسيل هغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D8%AC"
    title: "مارسيل هج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Hug"
    title: "Marcel Hug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Hug"
    title: "Marcel Hug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Hug"
    title: "Marcel Hug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Hug"
    title: "Marcel Hug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Hug"
    title: "Marcel Hug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%B0"
    title: "マルセル・フグ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q688458"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump