Jörg Hoffmann (swimmer)

Jörg Hoffmann (born 29 January 1970) is a retired freestyle swimmer from Germany, former World record holder, becoming the first man to swim 1500m Freestyle under 15 minutes. He was also multiple World and European champion, in both Long and Short Course Championships.

Jörg Hoffmann

Hoffmann in 1990
Personal information
Full name	Jörg Hoffmann
Nationality	East Germany (until 1990) Germany
Born	(1970-01-29) 29 January 1970 Schwedt, Bezirk Frankfurt, East Germany
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	ASK Vorwärts Oberhof WSV Oberhof
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Germany Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 1500 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 1991 Perth 400 m freestyle 1991 Perth 1500 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 1989 Bonn 1500 m freestyle 1991 Athens 1500 m freestyle 1993 Sheffield 1500 m freestyle 1995 Vienna 1500 m freestyle 1993 Sheffield 4×200 m freestyle 1991 Athens 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2000 Athens 1500 m freestyle 1993 Palma 1500 m freestyle 1993 Palma 4×200 m freestyle 1995 Rio de Janeiro 400 m freestyle 1995 Rio de Janeiro 4×200 m freestyle 1997 Gothenburg 1500 m freestyle 1995 Rio de Janeiro 1500 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 2001 Antwerp 1500 m freestyle 1999 Lisbon 400 m freestyle 1999 Lisbon 1500 m freestyle 2001 Antwerp 400 m freestyle

Career

Jörg Hoffmann and Franziska van Almsick (11 years old) at the Children's and Youth Spartakiad, Berlin, East Germany, July 1989

Hoffmann was born in Schwedt an der Oder. He won won 2 gold medals at the World Championships, 1 gold medal at the World Championships (SC), 4 gold medals at the European championships and 1 gold medal at the European championships (SC). A long distance specialist, he won the European title in the 1500 m freestyle four consecutive seasons: 1989 in Bonn, 1991 Athens, 1993 Sheffield and 1995 in Vienna.

He 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.

See also

• List of German records in swimming
• World record progression 1500 metres freestyle

External links

• 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.