Andreas Hofmann (athlete)

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Andreas Hofmann athletics

2016-06 Hofmann Bislett.jpg
Hofmann at the Diamond League Meeting in Oslo 2016

Full name Andreas Emil Hofmann
nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday 16th December 1991 (age 28)
place of birth Heidelberg ,  Germany
size 195 cm
Weight 108 kg
job Student ( sports science )
Career
discipline Javelin throw
Best performance 92.06 m
society MTG Mannheim , formerly TV Kirrlach
Trainer Lutz Klemm, first trainer: Georg Thome
status active
Medal table
Summer Universiade 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
European championships 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
German championships 1 × gold 1 × silver 2 × bronze
Logo of the FISU Universiade
silver 2017 Taipei 91.07 m
EAA logo European championships
silver Berlin 2018 87.60 m
DLV logo German championships
bronze 2014 Ulm 79.35 m
bronze 2016 Kassel 81.98 m
gold 2018 Nuremberg 89.55 m
silver 2020 Braunschweig 77.35 m
last change: August 17, 2020

Andreas Emil Hofmann (born December 16, 1991 in Heidelberg , Baden-Württemberg ) is a German javelin thrower . In 2018 he became vice European champion .

career path

Hofmann is a student of sports science at Heidelberg University .

Athletic career

Hofmann flirted long with the football to him his father from the Athletics could convince where he at local TV Kirrlach first as more fighters began and as such for MTG Mannheim changed. The contact was made through the mayor of his hometown Waghäusel , Walter Heiler , who had graduated from high school together with hurdles national trainer Rüdiger Harksen from MTG Mannheim.

In addition to the javelin throw, Hofmann initially also competed in the shot put and discus throw , for example at the German youth team championship (DJMM / DSMM) of the A-youth in 2008 and 2009.

2009 was a successful year for Hofmann. In June he reached 3rd place at the German U23 championships , in July he became the javelin junior European champion in Novi Sad as the youngest participant ever to win a title. In August he became German U20 champion and in September DJMM / DSMM runner-up with a single win in the javelin throw and a 4th place in the shot put.

In 2014, after injuries and operations had slowed him down for a few years, Hofmann was able to come up with a personal best distance of 86.13 m, which was improved by almost three meters at the European Team Championship in Braunschweig . After Hofmann increased his personal best in qualifying at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing to 86.14 m, he came in 6th place in the final with 86.01 m. In 2016 he took 3rd place at the German championships in Kassel .

In the 2017 season, Hofmann came in 5th at the German Championships in Erfurt . He was nominated for the World Athletics Championships in London , where he finished 8th. The General German University Sports Association set him up for the Summer Universiade in Taipei , where he won the silver medal with a personal best of 91.07 m. It was surpassed in only the second javelin throwing competition in history, in which two throwers were able to surpass the 91-meter mark, with Chao-Tsun Cheng from the host country Taiwan with 91.36 m .

In 2018 Hofmann became German champion with a championship record of 89.55 m . Two and a half weeks later he won the silver medal at the European Championships in Berlin with 87.60 m behind Thomas Röhler .

Club affiliations

Hofmann starts for MTG Mannheim and was previously at TV Kirrlach .

Annual bests

(until 2008 700 gr, from 2009 800 gr)

2007 58.70 m
2008 74.15 m
2009 77.84 m
2010 66.75 m
2011 73.98 m
2012 80.81 m
2013 75.56 m
2014 86.13 m
2015 86.14 m
2016 84.85 m
2017 91.07 m
2018 92.06 m

successes

national
international

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b athlete portrait from NDR-Sportschau ( memento from May 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), on: sportschau.de, accessed May 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b List of results , on: adh.de, accessed November 1, 2018 (pdf 6.0 MB)
  3. ↑ a b Harald Koken: Andreas Hofmann - “The big throw is still to come” , people, on: Leichtathletik.de, from September 16, 2015, accessed May 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ 2015 World Cup Beijing / PR China Team brochure of the DLV, p. 22.
  5. ↑ Silke Bernhart: Crazy Javelin World: 91.07 meters are enough for Andreas Hofmann only for silver. www.leichtathletik.de, accessed on August 27, 2017 .
  6. ↑ List of results , on: adh.de, accessed November 1, 2018
  7. ↑ List of results , on: adh.de, accessed November 1, 2018 (pdf 981 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Hofmann, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hofmann, Andreas Emil (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German javelin thrower
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg , Germany