Andreas Emil Hofmann (born 16 December 1991) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. His personal best of 92.06 m ranks him eleventh on the overall list.
Career As a junior, he won gold at the 2009 European Junior Championships. His first senior international competition was the 2014 European Championships. He finished sixth at the 2015 World Championships and eight at the 2017 World Championships. His best result as of 2017 is second place at the 2017 Summer Universiade, where he set his personal best of 91.07 m.
In July 2018, he won gold at the 2018 German Athletics Championships, setting a championship record of 89.55 m. In August, he won silver at the 2018 European Athletics Championships with a throw of 87.60 m.Javelin Throw Men European Athletic Association
At the 2019 World Athletics Championships, Hofmann, with a best throw at 80.06 m, did not progress from the qualifying round.Achterbahnfahrt im Speerwurf: Vetter stark, aber Röhler und Hofmann scheitern! Kicker
Competition record Representing 2009European Junior ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia1stJavelin throw75.89 m2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland9thJavelin throw77.42 m2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China6thJavelin throw86.01 m2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom8thJavelin throw83.98 mUniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan2ndJavelin throw91.07 m2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany2ndJavelin throw87.60 m2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar20th (q)Javelin throw80.06 m2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States –Javelin throwNMEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany11thJavelin throw74.75 m
Seasonal bests by year
2008 – 65.03 m 2009 – 77.84 m 2010 – 66.75 m 2011 – 73.98 m 2012 – 80.81 m 2013 – 75.56 m 2014 – 86.13 m 2015 – 86.14 m 2016 – 85.42 m 2017 – 91.07 m 2018 – 92.06 m 2019 – 89.65 m
Personal life Hofmann studies sports science in Mannheim.Athlete portrait , sportschau.de
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