Jörg Hoffmann (luge rider)

The title winners of the GDR championship in luge 1984: Jörg Hoffmann, Bettina Schmidt , Jochen Pietzsch , Michael Walter

Jörg Hoffmann (born March 15, 1963 in Sondershausen ) is a former German luge athlete .

Hoffmann, who started for ASK Vorwärts Oberhof , together with Jochen Pietzsch , formed one of the best two-seater duos in the 1980s, the two opposing the West German Hans Stanggassinger and Franz Wembacher .

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.

Success in two-seater

• 1983 World Championships : 1st place
• 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo : 3rd place
• 1985 World Championships : 1st place
• 1987 World Championships : 1st place
• 1988 Calgary Olympic Games : 1st place
• 1990 European Championship: 1st place

Success in the single seater

• 1985 World Championships : 2nd place

World Cup victories

Two-seater

Single seater

No. date place train 1. 06th Mar 1983  Oberhof Oberhof luge track 2. 0Jan. 8, 1984  Hammar Beach Hammarstrand bobsleigh run 3. 04th Mar 1984  Oberhof Oberhof luge track 4th Feb. 24, 1985  Koenigssee Combined artificial ice rink at Königssee 5. 10 Mar 1985  Oberhof Oberhof luge track 6th Feb 23, 1986  St. Moritz Olympia Bobrun St. Moritz – Celerina 7th Feb 21, 1987  Calgary Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park 8th. 0Jan. 7, 1990  Oberhof Oberhof luge track 9. 0Dec 2, 1990  Oberhof Oberhof luge track 10. 0Dec 8, 1990  Koenigssee Koenigssee artificial ice rink

No. date place train 1. Feb 23, 1986  St. Moritz Olympia Bobrun St. Moritz – Celerina

literature

• 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 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Neues Deutschland , April 26, 1988, p. 4

Web links

• Jörg Hoffmann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )