At the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary , he and Pietzsch experienced his greatest sporting success when the two Thuringian Olympic champions became doubles. In addition, the two celebrated numerous other successes such as the three-time success at world championships. Hoffmann not only competed in the two-seater, in 1985 he also became vice world champion in the single-seater. For his Olympic victory in 1988 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold.
Volker Kluge : The great lexicon of GDR athletes. The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes and biographies. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-348-9 .