Jan Hoffmann
| Jan Hoffmann | |
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 Jan Hoffmann in 1976 | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Jan Hoffmann |
| Country represented |
 East Germany |
| Born |
26 October 1955 Dresden |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Former coach |
Jutta Müller Annemarie Halbach |
| Skating club | SC Einheit Dresden |
Medal record
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| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Competitor for East Germany
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.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1980 Lake Placid | Singles |
Jan Hoffmann (born 26 October 1955 in Dresden) is a German figure skater who represented East Germany in competition. A four-time Olympian, he is the 1980 Olympic silver medalist, the 1974 & 1980 World Champion, and a four-time (1974, 1977–1979) European Champion.
He was one of a handful of figure skaters who rotated clockwise, landing on his left foot.
Biography
Jan Hoffmann's first coach was Annemarie Halbach in Dresden. He changed later to coach Jutta Müller in Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz). He represented the former East Germany in competition.
In 1974, Hoffmann won the World Figure Skating Championships and European Figure Skating Championships for the first time. After that he had a surgery of his meniscus, which slowed down his career and caused him to miss the entire 1975 season. He won his second World Championship title in 1980 at the end of his skating career.
Hoffmann competed at four Olympic Games. At the 1968 Winter Olympics he was just 12 years old. At the 1972 Games he finished 6th, at the 1976 Winter Olympics he was 4th, and he won the silver medal in 1980. At these Olympics Robin Cousins (GBR) won gold and Charles Tickner (USA) won bronze. Jan Hoffmann also won the European Championship four times.
Hoffmann studied medicine after his figure skating career and is today an orthopaedic specialist. He is still active in figure skating as a judge and was also a member of the managing board of the Deutsche Eislauf-Union. He was a judge during the ladies event at the 1994 Winter Olympics and placed Oksana Baiul ahead of Nancy Kerrigan, one of five judges who did so. Hoffman also judged the ladies competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics and gave his first-place ordinal to Michelle Kwan.
Jan Hoffmann is married and has one daughter.
Results
| Event | 1967-68 | 1968-69 | 1969-70 | 1970-71 | 1971-72 | 1972-73 | 1973-74 | 1974-75 | 1975-76 | 1976-77 | 1977-78 | 1978-79 | 1979-80 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 26th | 6th | 4th | 2nd | |||||||||
| World Championships | 10th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | |||
| European Championships | 21st | 19th | 9th | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | ||
| East German Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| Skate America | 3rd | ||||||||||||
| Prize of Moscow News | 4th |
References
- Scott Hamilton, Landing It. ISBN 1-57566-466-6.
- Sports-reference profile
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