Lutz Hoffmann
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Weißenfels, Bezirk Halle, East Germany
Bad Sachsa, Lower Saxony, Germany
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 Hoffmann in 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 30 January 1959 Weißenfels, Bezirk Halle, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 December 1997 (aged 38) Bad Sachsa, Lower Saxony, Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  East Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Synamo Berlin | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lutz Hoffmann (30 January 1959 – 5 December 1997) was an East German gymnast and Olympic silver medalist.[1]
He began gymnastics training at the age of five. Beginning in 1976, he trained with the SC Dynamo Berlin. His younger brother Ulf Hoffmann was likewise an Olympic gymnast.[1] In their youth, they shared a boarding school room during their time with SC Synamo Berlin.
Career
In 1979 Hoffmann became GDR champion in the floor exercise and finished second in the vault. At the world championships in the same year his team finished fourth. Next year they won a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. At those games, Hoffmann was seventh all-around and sixth on the floor.[1] He won a bronze medal in the parallel bars at the 1981 European championships.[2]
