Leigh Hoffman (born 11 June 2000) is an Australian

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

Early life

Hoffman was brought up in Whyalla in South Australia but moved as teenager to Adelaide to be nearer his training base at the SA Sports Institute, enrolling at the Immanuel College at Novar Gardens.

Career

Hoffman was a gold medalist at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

in the men’s team sprint competition alongside Matthew Richardson and Matthew Glaetzer. Prior to this, he had won the team sprint at the UCI Track Nations Cup in Glasgow. In October 2022 at the

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

held at the Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome, France, Hoffman won gold in the

team sprint The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome. The current men's ...

as Australia defeated the three-time defending champions Netherlands in the final.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoffman, Leigh 2000 births Living people Australian male cyclists Australian track cyclists 21st-century Australian people Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Cyclists from South Australia