Wolfgang Hofmann

Wolfgang Hofmann
Personal information
Born	30 March 1941; Judoka
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Country	West Germany
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍80 kg
Rank	8th dan black belt
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(1964)
World Champ.	7th (1969)
European Champ.	(1965, 1968)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing West Germany
Olympic Games
European Championships
Profile at external databases
IJF	54581
JudoInside.com	4822
	Updated on 24 June 2023.

Wolfgang Hofmann (30 March 1941 – 12 March 2020)

judoka who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he won the silver medal in the middleweight class representing the United Team of Germany.^[2]

Hofmann was German champion 15 times and European champion twice (1965 and 1968. He was the holder of the 8th Dan, as well as being a lecturer for judo at the German Sport University in Cologne for many years. He further developed his skills during two language and study visits to Japan. He shaped the training and examination regulations of the German Judo Association (DJB).^[1]

Hofmann published together with the Japanese Mahito Ohgo a standard book about judo, Judo - Basics of Tachi- Waza and Ne-Waza, in the early 1970s, writing in the foreword:

"Above all, judo means: practicing on the mat, moving, fighting with many partners, or, as the Japanese say, understanding with the body".^[1]

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

Publications

Wolfgang Hofmann: Judo – Grundlagen des Stand- und Bodenkampfes Falken Verlag, 1978,
ISBN 3-8068-4013-X

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Judo-Deutschland trauert um Wolfgang Hofmann". Deutscher Judo-Bund (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2020.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wolfgang Hofmann". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.