Christian Hoffmann (born 22 December 1974 in Aigen im Mühlkreis) is an Austrian former cross-country skier who began competing in 1994. He was banned for 6 years in 2011 for blood doping. He won the bronze medal in the 50 km at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Four years later at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Hoffmann finished second in the 30 km freestyle mass start event to Spain's Johann Mühlegg, but was awarded the gold medal in 2004 upon Mühlegg's blood-doping disqualification of darbepoetin.
Hoffmann's best individual finish's were all likely chemically enhanced. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships he was fifth in the 50 km in 2001. He also won gold in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Ramsau.
Hoffman also won two World Cup events in his career (10 km: 2003, 30 km: 2004). He and fellow skier Mikhail Botvinov also encountered controversy regarding blood doping in 2002, though both were cleared by the IOC on 9 April 2002. In July 2012 the Austrian Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) gave Hoffman a two-year ban for violation of anti-doping-guidelines.
Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km relay 1998 23 — — — Bronze 9 2002 27 — — Gold — — 4
World Championships 1 medal – (1 gold) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 1997 22 — 22 — 13 1999 24 — — 7 — Gold 2001 26 — — — 5 — 5 2003 28 — — — 10 — 2005 30 — — — 5 — 2007 32 16 — — — — 2009 34 — — 24 — — —
World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 1995 20 1996 21 53 1997 22 33 31 32 1998 23 24 48 20 1999 24 15 14 6 2000 25 20 48 7 34 2001 26 19 30 2002 27 28 63 2003 28 33 2004 29 24 17 — 2005 30 23 12 — 2006 31 56 36 — 2007 32 34 18 32 2008 33 32 22 96 17 18 2009 34 77 46 — — 2010 35 — — —
Individual podiums 2 victories – (2 ) 20 podiums – (19 , 1 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place1 1997–98 10 December 1997 Milan, Italy 1.0 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd2 1998–99 28 December 1998 Engelberg, Switzerland 1.0 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd3 29 December 1998 Kitzbühel, Austria 1.0 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd4 20 March 1999 Oslo, Norway 50 km Individual C World Cup 3rd5 1999–00 10 December 1999 Sappada, Italy 15 km Individual F World Cup 3rd6 2000–01 10 January 2001 Soldier Hollow, United States 30 km Mass Start F World Cup 2nd7 2001–02 12 December 2001 Brusson, Italy 15 km Individual F World Cup 2nd8 22 December 2001 Ramsau, Austria 30 km Mass Start F World Cup 3rd9 2002–03 18 January 2003 Nové Město, Czech Republic 15 km Individual F World Cup 2nd10 2003–0421 December 2003 Ramsau, Austria 10 km Individual F World Cup 1st11 6 February 2004 La Clusaz, France 15 km Individual F World Cup 3rd12 14 March 2004 Pragelato, Italy 30 km Individual FWorld Cup 1st13 2004–05 15 January 2005 Nové Město, Czech Republic 15 km Individual F World Cup 2nd14 12 February 2005 Reit im Winkl, Germany 15 km Individual F World Cup 3rd15 6 March 2005 Lahti, Finland 15 km Individual F World Cup 2nd16 2005–06 31 December 2005 Nové Město, Czech Republic 15 km Individual F World Cup 3rd17 2006–07 3 February 2007 Davos, Switzerland 15 km Individual F World Cup 3rd18 2007–08 6 January 2008 Val di Fiemme, Italy 10 km Pursuit F Stage World Cup 2nd19 6 February 2008 Liberec, Czech Republic 11.4 km Individual F World Cup 3rd20 2008–09 8 March 2009 Lahti, Finland 15 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
Team podiums 3 victories – (3 ) 7 podiums – (7 )
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates1 1997–98 11 January 1998 Ramsau, Austria 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Botvinov / Stadlober / Walcher2 1998–9910 January 1999 Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1stGandler / Marent / Botvinov3 26 February 1999 Ramsau, Austria 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Championships 1st Gandler / Stadlober / Botvinov4 1999–00 13 January 2000 Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Marent / Botvinov / Walcher5 27 February 2000 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Urain / Botvinov / Walcher6 5 March 2000 Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Urain / Botvinov / Walcher7 2000–01 9 December 2000 Santa Caterina, Italy 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Urain / Botvinov / Walcher
Note: Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
References
External links
skifaster.net April 9, 2002 article clearing Botvinov and Hoffman.