Fritz Hofmann (athlete)
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 Hofmann in 1896 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Friedrich Carl August Hofmann |
| Born | 19 June 1871 Berlin, German Empire |
| Died | 14 July 1927 (aged 56) Berlin, Weimar Republic |
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Gymnastics career | |
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| Sport | Men's artistic gymnastics |
| Country represented |  Germany |
Medal record | |
Friedrich Carl August "Fritz" Hofmann (born 19 June 1871 in Berlin, German Empire; died 14 July 1927 in Berlin, Weimar Republic) was a German athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1]
Hofmann competed in the 100 metres. In the heats, he came in second out of five runners, qualifying for the final. There he again came in second, with his time of 12.2 seconds being 0.2 seconds behind the winner, Thomas Burke of the United States.
Hofmann also competed in the 400 metres. He placed second in his preliminary heat, advancing to the final. There, he finished in fourth place. He was credited as having finishing third for many years, but modern sources (based on 1896 documents) place him fourth behind Charles Gmelin.[2][1]
In the high jump Hofmann placed last of the five athletes. His best jump was 1.55 metres. He also placed either sixth or seventh (with Khristos Zoumis of Greece taking the other place) in the triple jump, as well as in the bottom three of the seven man field in the shot put.
He also competed in three gymnastics events, rope climbing and the team parallel bars and horizontal bar. In the rope climbing Hofmann reached the highest of the three gymnasts who did not finish, receiving a bronze medal behind the two Greek climbers, who reached the top of the 14 metre rope. Hofmann made it to 12.5 metres. In the team, Hofmann was the captain of the German team that won both competitions.
