Dieter Hoffmann
Dieter Hoffmann ( born August 27, 1942 in Gdańsk ) is a German track and field athlete and Olympian, who - starting for the GDR - in the 1960s and early 1970s was a successful shot putter. His greatest achievement is the victory at the European Championships in 1969.
Life
Hoffmann took part in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, reaching there the twelfth. In 1965 he became the first East German champion in the hall and took place at the European Cup four. The following year he was able to defend his championship and won at the first European Indoor Games in Dortmund the silver medal. At the European Championships in Budapest, he reached eighth.
On July 3, 1968 Hoffmann met in Potsdam with 20.08 meters European record. Two weeks later he improved in Sokolov the European record by two centimeters. In August he won his only Erfurt DDR championship outdoors. At the Olympic Games in Mexico then he reached the fourth place.
In 1969, he won the European Championships in Athens in front of his teammates Heinz -Joachim Rothenburg and Hans -Peter Gies gold medal, for which he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit. In this year he exhibited with 20.60 meters to his personal best. At the European Championships in 1971, he reached the seventh place. After 1972, he took fourth place in the East German championships, he missed participating in the Olympic Games in Munich.
Dieter Hoffmann belonged to the ASK ASK Berlin and Potsdam. In his playing days he was 1.88 meters tall and weighed 120 kg. In the becoming public knowledge after the fall of documents on doping in the GDR was found in the doped athletes also the name of Hoffmann.