Erik Hoffmann (born 22 August 1981) is a
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and e ...
n professional
road bicycle racer
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...
. He was born in
Windhoek
Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 20 ...
. He moved to
University of Stuttgart
The University of Stuttgart (german: Universität Stuttgart) is a leading research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany wi ...
, Germany in 2001 to study Electrical Engineering. During 2002 - 2004, he was part of Team Stuttgardia Stuttgart and ever since has been active in professional bicycle racing.
Palmarès
; 2003
: All African Games, Road, Abuja, Nigeria
; 2004
: 1st, Nedbank Cycle Classic (NAM)
; 2005
: 3rd, Overall,
Stuttgart-Strassburg
; 2006
: 1st,
Günzach Allgäu
Günzach is a municipality in the district of Ostallgäu in Bavaria in Germany.
References
Ostallgäu
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: 1st,
Donnersbergkreis
The Donnersbergkreis is a district (''Kreis'') in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Bad Kreuznach, Alzey-Worms, Bad Dürkheim, Kaiserslautern, Kusel.
History
The district was created in 1969 by merging the dist ...
: 1st,
GP Baden-Baden
: 1st,
Ludwigsburg-Eglosheim
; 2007
:
National Road Championships
:
Circuito Montañés
Circuito Montañés is a road cycling stage race held annually in Cantabria, Spain. The editions 1986–1995 were reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are ...
:: 1st, Stage 1, El Astillero
:: 3rd, Stage 6, Santo Toribio
: , B World Championships, Cape Town
; 2008
: 2nd, Stage 3,
Tour de Taiwan
The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It has been classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012.
History
The Tour de Taiw ...
, Baguashan
:
Tour of East Java
:: 3rd, Stage 3, Batu
:: 2nd, Stage 5, Surabaya
: 1st,
Backnang-Waldrems
: 2nd, Overall,
Tour de Korea
The Tour de Korea is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in South Korea since 2000 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It was rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race between 2005 and 2013, then promot ...
:: 2nd, Stage 1, Yamaga circuit
:: 3rd, Stage 8, Yangyang
: 21st
Olympic Games Beijing
;2009
: , African Championships, Road Race, Namibia
: , African Championships, Individual Time Trial, Namibia
External links
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*http://www.erik-hoffmann.com/
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Namibia
Namibian male cyclists
White Namibian people
Namibian people of German descent
Olympic cyclists for Namibia
Sportspeople from Windhoek
1981 births
Living people
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