Hugo Herrnhof

Hugo Herrnhof ( born September 21, 1964 in Bormio ) is a former Italian Shorttracker.

Hugo Herrnhof is married to the Italian short track speed skating Olympian Cristina Sciolla. He was with Maurizio Carnino, Orazio Fagone and Mirko Vuillermin member of the Italian short track speed skating relay team that won gold at the Olympic Games in 1994 in Lillehammer. To date, this is the only Olympic gold, which was won by Europeans in the short track speed skating.

At the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary, as short track speed skating was still demonstration sport Herrnhof Silver had won the Italian quartet.

At World Championships Hugo won Herrnhof:

• 2 gold medals: one in the relay, 1988, in St. Louis and with the team in 1993 in Budapest
• 3 silver medals in 1987 in Montreal and 1993 in Beijing, with the relay and 1992 in Nobeyama with the team
• 1 bronze medal in 1994 in Cambridge with the team.

At the European Championships in 1997 in Malmö, he won the bronze medal in the relay.

Currently Herrnhof has worked at the Italian Ice Sports Federation FISG Federazione Italiana Sport Ghiaccio. Even he has held the position of Speed ​​Skating Sports Director / Event Coordinator Short Track at the International Skating Union ( ISU).

He is married to Cristina Sciolla, which also belonged to many years of Italian short track speed skating team.