Jörg Hoffmann (swimmer)
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Full name | Jörg Hoffmann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | East Germany (until 1990) Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Schwedt, Bezirk Frankfurt, East Germany | 29 January 1970||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jörg Hoffmann (born 29 January 1970) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who 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.
Hoffmann was born in Schwedt an der Oder. A long distance specialist, he won the European title in the 1500 m freestyle four times in a row; the first one came in 1989 in Bonn, the last one in 1995 in Vienna.
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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 2020-04-17.
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Schwedt
- People from Bezirk Frankfurt
- German male swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of East Germany
- German male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Germany
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- World record setters in swimming
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
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