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André Hoffmann

1961 - Today

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André Hoffmann (born 11 August 1961) is a former German Speed skater who made a huge step forwards in the 1987–1988 season and won two 1500 metres races in the World Cup. It was even though highly surprising that he took gold medal in the 1500 m at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary. He beat the American Eric Flaim with six hundreds of a second and set a new world record with 1:52.06. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. André Hoffmann is the 182nd most popular skater (up from 197th in 2019), the 5,818th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,942nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, André Hoffmann ranks 182 out of 483Before him are Zhao Hongbo, Alexei Yagudin, Uwe-Jens Mey, Alexei Urmanov, Alexander Zhulin, and Bonnie Blair. After him are Robin Cousins, Petr Barna, Oksana Grishuk, Javier Fernández, Maribel Vinson, and Catriona Le May Doan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, André Hoffmann ranks 609Before him are Violeta Bermúdez, Warrel Dane, Orla Brady, Jorge Da Silva, Andrey Perlov, and Oksen Mirzoyan. After him are Dale Dickey, N. Biren Singh, Michie Tomizawa, Frank Bruno, Mary Kay Bergman, and Jos Lansink.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, André Hoffmann ranks 5,821 out of 7,253Before him are Ron-Robert Zieler (1989), Ellen Fiedler (1958), Monika Pflug (1954), Kevin Volland (1992), Alexander Zickler (1974), and Robin Schulz (1987). After him are Norbert Meier (1958), Serdar Tasci (1987), Ricco Groß (1970), Marcel Kittel (1988), Bushido (1978), and Farin Urlaub (1963).

Among SKATERS In Germany

Among skaters born in Germany, André Hoffmann ranks 21Before him are Anett Pötzsch (1960), Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (1960), Jan Hoffmann (1955), Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (1966), Claudia Pechstein (1972), and Gabi Zange (1961). After him are Anni Friesinger-Postma (1977), Olaf Zinke (1966), Dagmar Lurz (1959), Robin Szolkowy (1979), Jacqueline Börner (1965), and Heike Warnicke (1966).