Jörg Hoffmann (swimmer)
Jörg Hoffmann 
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| Surname: | Jörg Hoffmann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 German Democratic Republic (until 1990) Germany
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Society: | OSC Potsdam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | January 29, 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Schwedt / Oder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jörg Hoffmann (born January 29, 1970 in Schwedt / Oder ) is a former German swimmer who competed for the GDR until 1990 .
Career
At the 1991 World Championships in Perth Hoffmann was world champion over 400 m and, with a world record time of 14: 50.36 min, over 1500 m freestyle . He was also third at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona in the 1500 m freestyle. In Barcelona he was the top favorite for the long distance, but he could not meet his high expectations. He also achieved four European titles in a row in the 1500 m freestyle (1989, 1991, 1993, 1995).
Since 2005 he has been working as a trainer at the Olympic base in Potsdam . Hoffmann has been successfully looking after the top group there for years and trains a. a. the swimmers Yannick Lebherz , Christian Diener , Carl Louis Schwarz and Tim-Thorben Suck , as well as the young talents Sonnele Öztürk and Eric Friese .
In October 2016, Jörg Hoffmann also took on the Paralympic swimmer Maike Naomi Schnittger in his group.
Records
| German Records (1) | |||
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| 1500 m freestyle | 14: 50.36 min | January 13, 1991 | Perth |
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Jörg Hoffmann was the first German swimmer to swim the 1500 m under 15 minutes, and he was the first swimmer to swim under a minute every 100 m.
doping
During his time in the GDR, he was given the anabolic Oral-Turinabol from his trainer Lutz Wanja as part of the state-prescribed doping in GDR competitive sports .
Web links
- Jörg Hoffmann (swimmer) in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
- Jörg Hoffmann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- The Potsdam swimmer Jörg Hoffmann on the coming to terms with the GDR doping system "It just stresses me to always lie" , Berliner Zeitung , October 16, 1997
Individual evidence
- ↑ world champion. In: German Swimming Association. Accessed April 22, 2020 .
- ↑ Jörg Hoffmann admits doping - but only a little , Berliner Zeitung , October 14, 1997
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| SURNAME | Hoffmann, Jörg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwedt / Oder |