André Hoffmann (speed skater)
Appearance
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![]() André Hoffmann in 1983 | |||||||||||||||
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Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||
Born | East Berlin, East Germany | 11 August 1961||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||
Club | SC Dynamo Berlin | ||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 500 m: 37.40 (1983) 1000 m: 1:13.82 (1986) 1500 m: 1:52.06 (1988) 3000 m: 4:03.31 (1985) 5000 m: 6:56.25 (1984) 10 000 m: 15:00.43 (1984) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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André Hoffmann (born 11 August 1961) is a former German Speed skater who made a huge step forwards in the 1987–1988 season and won two 1500 metres races in the World Cup. It was even though highly surprising that he took gold medal in the 1500 m at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary. He beat the American Eric Flaim with six hundreds of a second and set a new world record with 1:52.06.[1]
World records
[edit]Discipline | Time | Date | Location |
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3000 m | 4.03,31 | 12 January 1985 | Davos |
Small combination | 161.158 | 13 January 1985 | Davos |
1500 m | 1.52,06 | 20 February 1988 | Calgary |
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "André Hoffmann". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "André Hoffmann". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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Categories:
- German male speed skaters
- Olympic speed skaters for East Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Speed skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters from Berlin
- Sportspeople from East Berlin
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in speed skating
- World record setters in speed skating
- Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- German speed skating biography stubs