Wolfgang Hofmann
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Born | Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Nazi Germany | 30 March 1941
Died | 12 March 2020 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | (aged 78)
Height | 5-9.5 (177 cm) |
Weight | 176 lb (80 kg) |
Sport | |
Country | GER Germany |
Sport | Judo |
Wolfgang Hofmann (30 March 1941 – 12 March 2020)[1] was a West German judoka who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 1964, where he won the silver medal in the middleweight class representing the United Team of Germany.
Hofmann was German champion 15 times and European champion three times. He was the holder of the 8th Dan, as well as being a lecturer for judo at the in Cologne for many years. He further developed his skills during two language and study visits to Japan. He shaped the training and examination regulations of the German Judo Association (DJB).[1]
Hofmann published together with the Japanese Mahito Ohgo a standard book about judo, Judo - Basics of Tachi- Waza and Ne-Waza, in the early 1970s, writing in the foreword:
"Above all, judo means: practicing on the mat, moving, fighting with many partners, or, as the Japanese say, understanding with the body".[1]
Hofmann died on 12 March 2020 about two weeks shy of his 79th birthday.[1]
Publications[]
- Wolfgang Hofmann: Judo – Grundlagen des Stand- und Bodenkampfes Falken Verlag, 1978, ISBN 3-8068-4013-X
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Judo-Deutschland trauert um Wolfgang Hofmann". Deutscher Judo-Bund (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2020.
External links[]
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Hofmann in the German National Library catalogue
- Nest, Lothar. "Herausragende Personen im deutschen Judo – Wolfgang Hofmann" (in German). Sportschule Lothar Nest. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- Wolfgang Hofmann databaseolympics.com
- Wolfgang Hofmann passed away (translation of DJB) judoinside.com
- Wolfgang Hofmann sports-reference.com 1 March 2020
- 1941 births
- 2020 deaths
- German male judoka
- Judoka at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka of the United Team of Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for the United Team of Germany
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- German judo biography stubs