Hans Hoffmeister (athlete)

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Hans Hoffmeister 1927

Full name Heinrich Bernhard Karl Hoffmeister
nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday March 17, 1901
place of birth Munster, Germany
size 196 cm
Weight 93 kg
job cartoonist
Career
discipline discus
society SC Münster 08
Trainer Josef Waitzer

Heinrich Bernhard Karl "Hans" Hoffmeister (born March 17, 1901 in Münster ; † January 9, 1980 in Altenberge ) was a German discus thrower who took part in the Olympic Games in 1928 and was multiple German champion.

life and work

German participants in the 1928 Olympic Games ( Körnig , Houben , Hoffmeister, Corts and Wichmann)

Hoffmeister was German champion in discus throwing in 1926, 1930 and 1931. In 1927 he won the silver medal in the javelin throw.

On July 22, 1928, he threw his personal best and the world record with 48.77 meters in Gelsenkirchen. The litter was not officially recognized as a world record. Hoffmeister was invited to take part in the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 . There he did not achieve a significant place because he had to throw a replacement disc. His own disc had not been transported to Amsterdam in time for the Olympics. A few weeks after the Olympics, he unofficially beat the Olympic champion with his own discus. In 1928 Hoffmeister won the Irish championships in discus and javelin throw.

Hans Hoffmeister's sports career came to an end when he was excluded from the German championships in 1934 for political reasons.

Hoffmeister worked as a graphic artist and caricaturist. His main motives were athletes before or after the competitions and also the visitors to the bars in his hometown. He worked out the sketches made on site in color at home. Hoffmeister made caricatures for regional newspapers.

Web links

Commons : Hans Hoffmeister  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Hoffmeister in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on August 24, 2018.
  2. ↑ Sport Complete [1] accessed on August 24, 2018
  3. ↑ Hans Hoffmeister in the trackfield.brinkster.net database , accessed on August 24, 2018.
  4. ↑ Münster Magazin The man with the golden arm accessed on August 25, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Hoffmeister, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoffmeister, Heinrich Bernhard Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German champion in the discus throw
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1980
Place of death Altenberge