Wolfgang Hofmann

West German judoka

Wolfgang Hofmann (30 March 1941 – 12 March 2020)[1] was a West German judoka. He competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 1964, where he won the silver medal in the middleweight class representing the United Team of Germany.

Wolfgang Hofmann
Personal information
Born(1941-03-30)30 March 1941
Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Nazi Germany
Died12 March 2020(2020-03-12) (aged 78)
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Height5-9.5 (177 cm)
Weight176 lb (80 kg)
Sport
CountryGER Germany
SportJudo
Medal record
Men's Judo
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo middleweight

Hofmann died on 12 March 2020 about two weeks shy of his 79th birthday.[1]

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Judo-Deutschland trauert um Wolfgang Hofmann". Deutscher Judo-Bund (in German). Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.