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| Lutz Hoffmann | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Hoffmann in 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 January 1959 | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 December 1997 (aged 38) | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
Country represented |  East Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Synamo Berlin | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lutz Hoffmann (30 January 1959 – 5 December 1997) was an East German gymnast and Olympic silver medalist.[1]
Early life and training
[edit]He began gymnastics training at the age of five. Beginning in 1976, he trained with the SC Dynamo Berlin. His younger brother Ulf Hoffmann was likewise an Olympic gymnast.[1] In their youth, they shared a boarding school room during their time with SC Synamo Berlin.
Career
[edit]In 1979 Hoffmann became GDR champion in the floor exercise and finished second in the vault. At the world championships in the same year his team finished fourth. Next year they won a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. At those games, Hoffmann was seventh all-around and sixth on the floor.[1] He won a bronze medal in the parallel bars at the 1981 European championships.[2]
Later life and death
[edit]After retiring from competitions he worked as gymnastics coach and then became a teacher in Bad Sachsa, Germany, where he committed suicide in 1997.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lutz Hoffmann". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ↑ Turnen – Europameisterschaften Herren. sport-komplett.de
External links
[edit]- Lutz Hoffmann at World Gymnastics
- Lutz Hoffmann at Olympics.com
- Lutz Hoffmann at Olympedia
- Lutz Hoffmann at InterSportStats
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- 1959 births
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- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
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- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
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