Lutz Hoffmann (gymnast)
| Lutz Hoffmann (Turner) medal table |
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 Lutz Hoffmann at the GDR championships in 1980 |
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Lutz Hoffmann (born January 30, 1959 in Weißenfels , † December 5, 1997 in Bad Sachsa ) was a German gymnast .
Lutz Hoffmann started gymnastics in 1964. From 1976 he trained at SC Dynamo Berlin , in 1979 Hoffmann became GDR champion in floor exercise and runner-up in horse jumping . At the world championships in the same year he finished fourth with the team. In 1980 he celebrated his greatest success with the team by winning the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Moscow . He was also seventh in the individual all-around and sixth in the floor exercise. At the European Championships in 1981 he won the bronze medal on the parallel bars . In 1980 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze.
After his career he studied at the German University of Physical Culture (DHfK) and then became a trainer at SC Dynamo Berlin. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, he worked as a teacher at the Pädagogium Bad Sachsa boarding school . In 1997 he took his own life. His brother Ulf Hoffmann was also a successful gymnast. In their youth at Dynamo Berlin they both shared a boarding room.
Web links
- Lutz Hoffmann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , August 22, 1980, p. 4
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| SURNAME | Hoffmann, Lutz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German gymnast |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weissenfels |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th December 1997 |
| Place of death | Bad Sachsa in the Harz Mountains |