Marcel Hug (a.k.a. the “silver bullet”) enters the Chicago Marathon as the first athlete to win the inaugural AbbottWMM Series X wheelchair competition and came out on top again in XI series. In 2016 he went beyond the grand slam, winning in Boston, London, Rio, Berlin, Chicago and New York. He repeated the grand slam in 2017, winning in Chicago, Berlin, Boston and Tokyo.

Name: Marcel Hug

Country of origin: Switzerland

Standout races: Hug welcomed 2018 with a win in Boston and a second place finish in London. Hug has also won the Berlin Marathon (2011, 2012, 2016), Oita Marathon (2010, 2011, 2012), Schenkon Marathon (2012, 2014) and Seoul Marathon (2013, 2015). He made waves in 2013 when he became the world marathon champion at the IPC World Championships; in addition to the marathon, he took home gold in four events: the 400m, 1500m, 5000m and 10,000m. At the 2011 IPC World Championships, he won gold in the 10,000m, and was second in four events.

More about Marcel Hug: He is a two-time Paralympian with a silver medal in the marathon from the 2012 London Paralympics marathon and a gold medal from the 2016 Rio Paralympics.