Roar Hoff (born 21 May 1965) is a retired Norwegian

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ter. Hoff was a four-time

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n for the

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team, finishing 5th in the shot put at the

1991 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships The 1991 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships were contested to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's NCAA collegiate indoor track and field events in the United States, the 27th annual for men a ...

and

1990 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 1990 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested May 30−June 2 at Wallace Wade Stadium at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina in order to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women' ...

. He finished twelfth at the 1994 European Championships and eleventh at the

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. He became Norwegian champion in 1992 and 1999. His personal best throw was 19.52 metres, achieved in June 1994 in

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. This places him eighth among Norwegian shot putters through all time.Norwegian all-time list shot put

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1965 births Living people SMU Mustangs men's track and field athletes Norwegian male shot putters Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the United States 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub