Christian Hoffmann

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. 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.

Christian Hoffmann
Christian Hoffmann in April 2012
Country Austria
Born(1974-12-22)22 December 1974
Aigen im Mühlkreis, Austria
Ski clubSU Böhmerwald Ulrichsberg
World Cup career
Seasons16 – (1995–2010)
Individual wins2
Team wins3
Indiv. podiums20
Team podiums7
Indiv. starts125
Team starts27
Overall titles0 – (15th in 1999)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2002 Salt Lake City30 km freestyle
Bronze medal – third place1998 Nagano50 km freestyle
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1999 Ramsau4 × 10 km relay

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 April 9, 2002. In July 2012 the Austrian Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) gave Hoffman a two-year ban for violation of anti-doping-guidelines.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games
  • 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km  Pursuit   30 km  50 km  Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
199823————Bronze—9
200227———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 
199722DNF——22——13—
199924———7——Gold—
200126————5—5—
200328————10—DSQ—
200530—DNS————5—
200732—16————DSQ—
200934————24———

Season standings
 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint Tour de
Ski		 World Cup
Final
199520NC——————
19962153——————
19972233—31—32——
19982324—48—20——
19992415—14—6——
20002520—48734——
20012619———30——
20022728———63——
20032833———NC——
2004292417—————
2005302312—————
2006315636—————
2007323418——NC32—
2008333222——961718
2009347746————DNF
201035NCNC—————

Individual podiums
  • 2 victories – (2 WC)
  • 20 podiums – (19 WC, 1 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 1997–98 10 December 1997Italy Milan, Italy1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
2 1998–99 28 December 1998Switzerland Engelberg, Switzerland1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
329 December 1998Austria Kitzbühel, Austria1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
420 March 1999Norway Oslo, Norway50 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
5 1999–00 10 December 1999Italy Sappada, Italy15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
6 2000–01 10 January 2001United States Soldier Hollow, United States30 km Mass Start FWorld Cup2nd
7 2001–02 12 December 2001Italy Brusson, Italy15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
822 December 2001Austria Ramsau, Austria30 km Mass Start FWorld Cup3rd
9 2002–03 18 January 2003Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
102003–0421 December 2003Austria Ramsau, Austria10 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
116 February 2004France La Clusaz, France15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
1214 March 2004Italy Pragelato, Italy30 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
13 2004–05 15 January 2005Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
1412 February 2005Germany Reit im Winkl, Germany15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
156 March 2005Finland Lahti, Finland15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
16 2005–06 31 December 2005Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
17 2006–07 3 February 2007Switzerland Davos, Switzerland15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
18 2007–08 6 January 2008Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy10 km Pursuit FStage World Cup2nd
196 February 2008Czech Republic Liberec, Czech Republic11.4 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
20 2008–09 8 March 2009Finland Lahti, Finland15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums
  • 3 victories – (3 RL)
  • 7 podiums – (7 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 1997–98 11 January 1998Austria Ramsau, Austria4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdBotvinov / Stadlober / Walcher
21998–9910 January 1999Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stGandler / Marent / Botvinov
326 February 1999Austria Ramsau, Austria4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]1stGandler / Stadlober / Botvinov
4 1999–00 13 January 2000Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndMarent / Botvinov / Walcher
527 February 2000Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdUrain / Botvinov / Walcher
65 March 2000Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stUrain / Botvinov / Walcher
7 2000–01 9 December 2000Italy Santa Caterina, Italy4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndUrain / Botvinov / Walcher

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

References
  1. "Hoffmann-Sperre auf zwei Jahre reduziert". 18 July 2012.
  2. "Athlete : HOFFMANN Christian". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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