Manfred Hofmann (handball player)
Manfred Hofmann (born January 30, 1948 in Großwallstadt ) is a German handball trainer and former handball goalkeeper . Hofmann played 110 international matches for the Federal Republic of Germany . When he was active, he weighed 92 kg and was 1.91 m long.
Manfred Hofmann played for TV Großwallstadt . In 1978 he became handball world champion with the German national team . He held three seven meters in the final against the Olympic champion USSR and thus played a major role in the success. In 1979 Manfred Hofmann was handball player of the year in Germany. On March 6, 1976, he held in the Olympic qualifying game against the GDR in Karl-Marx-Stadt with a score of 8:11 in stoppage time, a seven-meter throw and thus enabled the team of the Federal Republic of Germany to participate in the Olympic Games in Montreal .
He stayed loyal to TV Großwallstadt for 16 years and played over 1000 games. On June 12, 1982 he said goodbye to competitive sports. For his sporting success he received the silver bay leaf .
Manfred Hofmann is married and has two children. Until his retirement in February 2010, he worked as a department director at Sparkasse Hanau . Manfred Hofmann has been a trainer at the TVG Academy since 2009. In August 2017 he took over the position of sporting director at TV Großwallstadt. Since September 2017 he has also been training the men's team from the TVG.
successes
- 1973 German champions in the field handball with the TV Großwallstadt
- 1978 world champion
- 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981 German champion with TV Großwallstadt
- 1980 Supercup winner with TV Großwallstadt
- 1980 DHB Cup with TV Großwallstadt
- 1979 and 1980 European Champion Clubs' Cup with TV Großwallstadt
Web links
- Manfred Hofmann on the website of the TVG Academy
- Manfred Hofmann in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Birthdays", Sport-Bild from January 27, 1993, p. 34
- ↑ Erik Eggers: A second that decided over the years. In: Handballwoche , edition of March 5, 2006
- ↑ The second of Karl-Marx-Stadt - the birth of a team: How the West German handball players prevailed against the GDR in 1976 By Erik Eggers, Der Tagesspiegel of March 5, 2006
- ↑ Manfred Hofmann
- ↑ handball-world.news: Change of coach: TV Großwallstadt separates from Heiko Karrer on September 20, 2017, accessed on September 20, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hofmann, Manfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German handball player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Großwallstadt |