Günter Hoffmann (cyclist)
Günter Hoffmann ( born February 8, 1939 in Guben ) is a retired German racing cyclist, who was active in the GDR.
Sports career
Hoffmann began his athletic career in 1955 organized at the Sports Association (SPA ) Motor Finsterwalde. At 22 he won his first success in the performance class of the East German cycling, for example, with the award for best young rider in the GDR Tour 1962 ( third place in the standings ) and by winning the cross-country championship of the Warsaw Pact armies. Hoffmann started now for the Army Sports Club (ASK ) Forward Leipzig. In the years 1962 and 1964 he led the annual list of best in DDR - road racing.
1964 Hoffmann started for the first time in the three-country stage race International Peace Race, in which as the best DDR participants ended up in the standings to second place. In his other Peace Race participations he was in 1965 17, 1966 18, 1967 5 and 1968 14 On the cycling decisions of the Olympic Games he participated twice, in 1964 in Tokyo and 1968 in Mexico City. At the Olympics 1964 he was employed in the road race and individual in the team time trial. However, in individual races he came under 107 riders evaluated only on the 78th position, with the East German team, he was 14 at the games in 1968 Hoffmann was only in the team time trial for use in which the GDR was ranked 13. The Road Cycling World Championships 1966 and 1967 Hoffmann was involved. Both times he went with the team time trial and was awarded the East German team in 1966 and 1968 seventh eighth. In 1967, he was also used in individual road race and was the second best DDR Starter 28
At GDR cycling championships Hoffmann won two titles. With the ASK forward Leipzig he won in 1965 and 1967, the championship in the 100 -km team time trial. For national road race only one victory in the Tribune Bergpreis 1967 is to book.
Hoffmann was one of the initial signatories of the "Initiative for Peace in the World", an appeal for peace of athletes in the world in advance of the German proposal to host the 2012 Olympic Games.