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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 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). André Hoffmann is the 182nd most popular skater (up from 197th in 2024), the 5,836th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,941st in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, André Hoffmann ranks 182 out of 483. Before 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 658. Before him are Orla Brady, Jorge Da Silva, Andrey Perlov, Frank Dikötter, Leif Garrett, and Oksen Mirzoyan. After him are Dale Dickey, Larysa Berezhna, N. Biren Singh, Michie Tomizawa, Frank Bruno, and Mary Kay Bergman.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, André Hoffmann ranks 5,839 out of 7,253. Before 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).

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Among SKATERS In Germany

Among skaters born in Germany, André Hoffmann ranks 21. Before 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), Sylvia Albrecht (1962), Olaf Zinke (1966), Dagmar Lurz (1959), Robin Szolkowy (1979), and Jacqueline Börner (1965).

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