Hofmeister, who starts for WSV Bischofswiesen , ran her first races in the European Cup in Vratna in January 2012 and finished 21st in the parallel giant slalom and 20th in the giant slalom. At the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 2013 in Predeal , she was seventh in the parallel giant slalom. In March 2013 she achieved 11th place in parallel giant slalom and 10th place in parallel slalom at the 2013 Snowboard Junior World Championships in Erzurum . In the 2013/14 season she came in the top ten five times in the European Cup. She won her first European Cup victory in the parallel slalom in Racines and finished ninth in the parallel ranking at the end of the season. In February 2014 she made her debut in the Snowboard World Cup in Sudelfeld and finished 44th in the parallel giant slalom. At the 2014 Junior Snowboard World Championships in Chiesa in Valmalenco , she was eighth in the parallel giant slalom and seventh in the parallel slalom. In the following year she achieved 14th place in parallel giant slalom and ninth place in parallel slalom at the 2015 Snowboard Junior World Championships in Yabuli .
In the 2015/16 season, Hofmeister achieved eight top ten placements in 14 European Cup appearances, including third place in the parallel giant slalom in Stara Planina . In March 2016 she came on the podium for the first time in the World Cup with third place in the parallel slalom in Winterberg . At the Snowboard Junior World Championships 2016 in Rogla she won the gold medal in the parallel slalom and she was ninth in the parallel giant slalom. She finished the season in the European Cup in fifth place in the parallel ranking, eighth in the parallel giant slalom ranking and fourth in the parallel slalom ranking. In the World Cup, she came 24th in the Parallel World Cup and 17th in the Parallel Slalom World Cup. In the 2016/17 season she achieved eight top ten placements in the World Cup, including third place in the parallel giant slalom in Kayseri and thus finished seventh in the parallel world cup, in the parallel slalom world cup and in the parallel giant slalom world cup. At the season highlight of the 2017 Snowboard World Championships in Sierra Nevada , she was sixth in the parallel slalom and fourth in the parallel giant slalom.
In the 2017/18 season, Hofmeister was in the top ten seven times in eleven World Cup starts. In January 2018 she won her first World Cup victories at the parallel slalom in Bad Gastein and the parallel giant slalom in Rogla . In addition, she won third and second place in the parallel giant slalom in Bansko and thus finished seventh in the parallel slalom world cup, fourth in the parallel giant slalom world cup and third in the parallel world cup. In the parallel giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang on February 24, 2018, she won the bronze medal behind Czech Ester Ledecká and her compatriot Selina Jörg .
In the 2018/19 season, Hofmeister won the parallel giant slalom in Pyeongchang and in the Secret Garden Skiresort . In addition, she achieved third place in the parallel giant slalom at Carezza and at the end of the season reached sixth place in the parallel world cup and third place in the parallel giant slalom world cup. At the season highlight, the Snowboard World Championships 2019 in Park City , she won the bronze medal in the parallel slalom and also achieved tenth place in the parallel giant slalom. In December 2019 and January 2020, she won the first three World Cup races in the parallel giant slalom of the season . In the final of Cortina d'Ampezzo , she was able to prevail against her fallen colleague Selina Jörg. In January 2020, she also won the parallel slalom in Bad Gastein and twice in the parallel giant slalom in Blue Mountain . In addition, she won the team competition in Bad Gastein and Piancavallo together with Stefan Baumeister . She won the Parallel World Cup and the Parallel Giant Slalom World Cup and came second in the Parallel Slalom World Cup.
Her oldest sister Melanie was active as a freestyler and also started in the World Cup.
World Cup victories and overall World Cup placements
Germany
World cup
Bad Gastein
Rogla
Pyeongchang
Secret Garden Ski Resort
Bannoye
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Scuol
Blue Mountain