Günter Hoffmann (cyclist)

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Günter Hoffmann during the Peace Trip in 1967, in an interview with Heinz Florian Oertel .

Günter Hoffmann (born February 8, 1939 in Guben ) is a former German racing cyclist who was active in the GDR .

Athletic career

Hoffmann began his organized sporting career in 1955 with the company sports community (BSG) Motor Finsterwalde . At the age of 22 he achieved his first successes in the performance class of GDR cycling, for example with the award as the best young rider in the GDR Tour in 1961 , third place in the overall ranking at the GDR Tour in 1962 and by winning the cyclo-cross championship of the Warsaw Pact armies (SKDA championship) 1961, in which he a. a. defeated the winner of the International Peace Tour of 1957 Nentcho Christow from Bulgaria . Hoffmann meanwhile started for the Army Sports Club (ASK) Vorwärts Leipzig , where he a. a. trained with Emil Kirmße , in 1962 and 1964 he led the annual best list in GDR road racing.

In 1964 Hoffmann started for the first time in the three-country stage trip Internationale Friedensfahrt, in which, as the best GDR participant, finished second in the overall ranking. In his other peace trips he was in 1965 17th, 1966 18th, 1967 5th and 1968 14th. He took part in the cycling decisions of the Olympic Games twice, in 1964 in Tokyo and 1968 in Mexico City. At the Olympic Games in 1964 , he was used in the individual road race and in the team time trial. In the individual race, however, he only came in 78th place out of 107 drivers, with the GDR team he was 14th. At the 1968 Games , Hoffmann was only used in the team time trial, in which the GDR reached 13th place. Hoffmann was involved in the cycling world championships in 1966 and 1967. He drove both times in the team time trial and was seventh with the GDR team in 1966 and eighth in 1968. In 1967 he was also used in the individual road race and was the second best GDR starter 28th Günter Hoffmann was also nominated for the road world championships 1962 to 1964. However, he was unable to take part because the political circumstances at the time (the NATO countries had not issued entry visas in response to the construction of the Berlin Wall ) meant that a start was not possible.

Hoffmann won two titles at the GDR cycling championships. With the ASK Vorwärts Leipzig, he won the championship in the 100 km team time trial in 1965 and 1967. In national road races, in addition to winning the traditional Berlin-Angermünde - Berlin 1966 race, he also won the 1967 Grandstand Mountain Prize. On March 11, 1969, Hoffmann announced his retirement from active competitive sports.

Professional

Hoffman had originally completed an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker. At the age of 31 he completed his studies as a mechanical engineer in Leipzig. He then worked as a technologist, technical manager and production manager in a medium-sized company. In 1976 Hoffmann became a research and development engineer at the Leipzig Institute for Technical Building Equipment.

Miscellaneous

Hoffmann was one of the first to sign the "Initiative for Peace in the World", an appeal by athletes for peace in the world in the run-up to the German application to host the 2012 Olympic Games .

Special successes

  • 1961: GDR tour for youngsters
  • 1965: GDR champion 100 km team time trial
  • 1966: a stage of the peace journey
  • 1967: GDR champion 100 km team time trial

literature

Web links

Commons : Günter Hoffmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Taubmann, Johannes Zimoch, Wilfried Schulz (eds.): Stand up again and again . Spotless-Verlag (cooperation), Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-937943-03-9 , pp. 114 .
  2. ↑ Jacobs et al. a. (Ed.): VELO . 11th year. Brussels 1966, p. 220 .
  3. ^ A b German Cycling Association of the GDR (Ed.): The cyclist . No. 11/1969 . Berlin 1969, p. 8-9 .
  4. ^ Organization office of the Friedensfahrt (ed.): 36th Friedensfahrt . Berlin 1983, p. 5 .
  5. ↑ Athletes for Peace on gymmedia.com ( memento of December 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on February 3, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Hoffmann, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Guben