Christian Hoffmann

Christian Hoffmann
Christian Hoffmann in April 2012
Country Austria
Born (1974-12-22) 22 December 1974 (age 50)
Aigen im Mühlkreis, Austria
Ski clubSU Böhmerwald Ulrichsberg
World Cup career
Seasons16 – (1995–2010)
Indiv. starts125
Indiv. podiums20
Indiv. wins2
Team starts27
Team podiums7
Team wins3
Overall titles0 – (15th in 1999)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Salt Lake City 30 km freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Nagano 50 km freestyle
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Ramsau 4 × 10 km relay

Christian Hoffmann (born 22 December 1974 in Aigen im Mühlkreis) is an Austrian former cross-country skier who began competing in 1994. He won the bronze medal in the 50 km at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.[1] 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 at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 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.[2]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[3]

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 DNF — — 22 — — 13 —
1999 24 — — — 7 — — Gold —
2001 26 — — — — 5 — 5 —
2003 28 — — — — 10 — DSQ —
2005 30 — DNS — — — — 5 —
2007 32 — 16 — — — — DSQ —
2009 34 — — — — 24 — — —

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint Tour de
Ski 		World Cup
Final
1995 20 NC — — — — — —
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 — — — NC — —
2004 29 24 17 — — — — —
2005 30 23 12 — — — — —
2006 31 56 36 — — — — —
2007 32 34 18 — — NC 32 —
2008 33 32 22 — — 96 17 18
2009 34 77 46 — — — — DNF
2010 35 NC NC — — — — —

Individual podiums

  • 2 victories – (2 WC)
  • 20 podiums – (19 WC, 1 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1  1997–98  10 December 1997 Italy Milan, Italy 1.0 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd
2  1998–99  28 December 1998 Switzerland Engelberg, Switzerland 1.0 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd
3 29 December 1998 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria 1.0 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd
4 20 March 1999 Norway Oslo, Norway 50 km Individual C World Cup 3rd
5  1999–00  10 December 1999 Italy Sappada, Italy 15 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
6  2000–01  10 January 2001 United States Soldier Hollow, United States 30 km Mass Start F World Cup 2nd
7  2001–02  12 December 2001 Italy Brusson, Italy 15 km Individual F World Cup 2nd
8 22 December 2001 Austria Ramsau, Austria 30 km Mass Start F World Cup 3rd
9  2002–03  18 January 2003 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 15 km Individual F World Cup 2nd
10 2003–04 21 December 2003 Austria Ramsau, Austria 10 km Individual F World Cup 1st
11 6 February 2004 France La Clusaz, France 15 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
12 14 March 2004 Italy Pragelato, Italy 30 km Individual F World Cup 1st
13  2004–05  15 January 2005 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 15 km Individual F World Cup 2nd
14 12 February 2005 Germany Reit im Winkl, Germany 15 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
15 6 March 2005 Finland Lahti, Finland 15 km Individual F World Cup 2nd
16  2005–06  31 December 2005 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 15 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
17  2006–07  3 February 2007 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 15 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
18  2007–08  6 January 2008 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 10 km Pursuit F Stage World Cup 2nd
19 6 February 2008 Czech Republic Liberec, Czech Republic 11.4 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
20  2008–09  8 March 2009 Finland Lahti, Finland 15 km Individual F World Cup 3rd

Team podiums

  • 3 victories – (3 RL)
  • 7 podiums – (7 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1  1997–98  11 January 1998 Austria Ramsau, Austria 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Botvinov / Stadlober / Walcher
2 1998–99 10 January 1999 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Gandler / Marent / Botvinov
3 26 February 1999 Austria Ramsau, Austria 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Championships[1] 1st Gandler / Stadlober / Botvinov
4  1999–00  13 January 2000 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Marent / Botvinov / Walcher
5 27 February 2000 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Urain / Botvinov / Walcher
6 5 March 2000 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Urain / Botvinov / Walcher
7  2000–01  9 December 2000 Italy Santa Caterina, Italy 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Urain / Botvinov / Walcher

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christian Hoffmann". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Hoffmann-Sperre auf zwei Jahre reduziert". 18 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Athlete : HOFFMANN Christian". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 13 April 2018.