Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | André•Hoffmann |
Used name | André•Hoffmann |
Born | 11 August 1961 in Berlin, Berlin (GER) |
Measurements | 187 cm / 80 kg |
Affiliations | SC Dynamo Berlin, Ost-Berlin (GER) |
NOC | ![]() |
Primarily known as a decent allrounder with good sprint distances, André Hoffmann surprisingly dominated the 1500 m in the Olympic 1988 season. After winning the first two World Cup races of the season, he went on to take that season’s 1500 m World Cup. But his biggest success came at the Olympics, where he grabbed the gold in a new world record, going 0.06 seconds below Eric Flaim’s earlier record performance.
Outside of these wins, Hoffman’s best performances were a 5th place at the 1985 European Championships, and breaking the world records in the 3000 m and small combination race in Davos that same year. In domestic competition, Hoffmann won nine single distance titles over 500 m (1986), 1000 m (1984-1988) and 1500 m (1983-1985). After his competitive retirement in 1990, Hoffmann has remained involved in speed skating as a youth coach.
Personal Bests: 500 – 37.40 (1983); 1000 – 1:13.82 (1986); 1500 – 1:52.06 (1988); 5000 – 6:56.25 (1984); 10000 – 15:00.43 (1984).
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1984 Winter Olympics | Speed Skating (Skating) | ![]() |
André Hoffmann | |||
500 metres, Men (Olympic) | 11 | |||||
1,000 metres, Men (Olympic) | 5 | |||||
1,500 metres, Men (Olympic) | 11 | |||||
1988 Winter Olympics | Speed Skating (Skating) | ![]() |
André Hoffmann | |||
500 metres, Men (Olympic) | 21 | |||||
1,000 metres, Men (Olympic) | =15 | |||||
1,500 metres, Men (Olympic) | 1 | Gold |