André Hoffmann (speed skater)

André Hoffmann 1983

André Hoffmann (born August 11, 1961 in Berlin ) is a former German speed skater .

Hoffmann made great strides in the 1987/88 season, including winning the 1500 meter distance in the World Cup. It came as a surprise, however, when he won gold during the Calgary Olympics . He beat the American Eric Flaim with six hundredths and set a new world record with 1.52.06 minutes. For this victory, Hoffmann was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold.

André Hoffmann has been a junior trainer in Dresden for several years.

literature

• Short biography for:  Hoffmann, André . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

• Photos by André Hoffmann
• Statistics at speed skating news
• André Hoffmann in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )