Name Jorg Hoffmann Role Luger | Height 1.92 m | |
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Olympic medals Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Doubles, Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Doubles People also search for Jochen Pietzsch, Stefan Krause |
Jörg Hoffmann (born 15 March 1963 in Sondershausen, Bezirk Erfurt) is an East German luger who competed from the mid-1980s to 1990. Together with Jochen Pietzsch he won two medals in the men's doubles event with a gold in 1988 and a bronze in 1984.
Hoffmann also found great success at the FIL World Luge Championships with a total of seven medals, including four gold (Men's doubles: 1983, 1985, 1987; Mixed team: 1990), one silver (Men's singles: 1985), and two bronzes (Men's doubles: 1989, 1990). He also won three medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with two golds (Men's doubles and mixed team: both 1990) and one silver (Men's doubles: 1986).
Hoffmann won the overall Luge World Cup title in men's doubles in 1983-4.
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