André Hoffmann (born 11 August 1961) is a German former Speed skater who made a huge step forwards in the 1987–1988 season and won two 1500 metres races in the World Cup. It was even though highly surprising that he took gold medal in the 1500 m at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary. He beat the American Eric Flaim with six hundreds of a second and set a new world record with 1:52.06.
World records DisciplineTimeDateLocation3000 m4.03,3112 January 1985DavosSmall combination161.15813 January 1985 Davos1500 m1.52,0620 February 1988 Calgary
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com
References
External links Photos of André Hoffmann André Hoffmann at SpeedSkatingStats.com