Fritz Hoffmann
Olympic athlete
1871 – 1927
Who was Fritz Hoffmann?
Fritz Hofmann was a German athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
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.
In the high jump Hofmann placed last of the five athletes. His best jump was to 1.55 metres. He also placed either sixth or seventh 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.
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- Born
- Jun 19, 1871
Roßleben - Also known as
- Fritz Hofmann
- Nationality
- Germany
- Died
- Jul 14, 1927
Berlin
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on July 23, 2013
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