Karol Hoffmann (born 1 June 1989) is a Polish

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

er. He won a silver medal at the

2016 European Athletics Championships The 2016 European Athletics Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, between 6 and 10 July 2016. It was the first time the Netherlands hosted the event. Due to 2016 being an Olympic year, there was no racewalking and the marathon compet ...

and placed 12th at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

. Hoffmann's father Zdzisław won the 1983 world title in the triple jump and still holds the Polish national record. Karol has a tattoo of that record on his leg. He first played football, but at the age of 10 had a bad hit to his nose. Doctors advised him to avoid any further nose injuries, so he changed to athletics.

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Karol Hoffmann
at the ''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'' * * * 1989 births Living people Athletes from Warsaw Polish male triple jumpers European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Poland Olympic male triple jumpers European Games competitors for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub