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 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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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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