Jörg Hoffmann (swimmer)
German swimmer
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| Full name | Jörg Hoffmann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  East Germany (until 1990) Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1970-01-29) 29 January 1970 (age 54) Schwedt, Bezirk Frankfurt, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ASK Vorwärts Oberhof WSV Oberhof | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jörg Hoffmann (born 29 January 1970) is a retired freestyle swimmer from Germany, former World record holder, becoming the first man to swim 1500m Freestyle under 15 minutes. He was also multiple World and European champion, in both Long and Short Course Championships.
Career
Hoffmann was born in Schwedt an der Oder. He won won 2 gold medals at the World Championships, 1 gold medal at the World Championships (SC), 4 gold medals at the European championships and 1 gold medal at the European championships (SC). A long distance specialist, he won the European title in the 1500 m freestyle four consecutive seasons: 1989 in Bonn, 1991 Athens, 1993 Sheffield and 1995 in Vienna.
He won the bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Seoul 1988 as a member of the East German team.
See also
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jörg Hoffmann (swimmer).
- Jörg Hoffmann on FINA-website
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jörg Hoffmann". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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| Preceded by | Men's 1500 metres freestyle world record holder (long course) 13 January 1991 – 5 April 1992 | Succeeded by |
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World long-course champions in men's 400 m freestyle
- 1973:
Rick DeMont (USA) - 1975: Tim Shaw (USA)
- 1978:
Vladimir Salnikov (URS) - 1982: Vladimir Salnikov (URS)
- 1986:
Rainer Henkel (FRG) - 1991: Jörg Hoffmann (GER)
- 1994:
Kieren Perkins (AUS) - 1998: Ian Thorpe (AUS)
- 2001: Ian Thorpe (AUS)
- 2003: Ian Thorpe (AUS)
- 2005: Grant Hackett (AUS)
- 2007:
Park Tae-hwan (KOR) - 2009: Paul Biedermann (GER)
- 2011:
Park Tae-hwan (KOR) - 2013:
Sun Yang (CHN) - 2015: Sun Yang (CHN)
- 2017: Sun Yang (CHN)
- 2019: Sun Yang (CHN)
- 2022: Elijah Winnington (AUS)
- 2023: Samuel Short (AUS)
- 2024: Kim Woo-min (KOR)
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