Zdzisław Hoffmann (born 27 August 1959) is a retired

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 from

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. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the inaugural 1983 World Championships, for which he was named

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at the end of the year.

Career

He was born in

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.Sports-Reference
/ref> He finished twelfth at the 1980 European Indoor Championships and competed at the 1980 Olympic Games without reaching the final. In 1983 he won the

event at the inaugural 1983 World Championships. For this he was named the

at the end of the year. He finished twelfth at the 1987 World Championships and eighth at the 1988 European Indoor Championships. He became Polish champion in 1981, 1983, 1984 and 1989, and Polish indoor champion in 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987 and 1988. His personal best jump 17.53 metres, achieved in June 1985 in

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. His personal best

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was 8.09 metres, achieved in May 1983 in

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. His son, Karol Hoffmann, is also a triple jump athlete.Jackowski, Pawel (2011-06-04)
Idowu and Kszczot the standouts in Bydgoszcz
IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-05.

Competition record

References

1959 births Living people Polish male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland People from Świebodzin World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland World Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Lubusz Voivodeship Legia Warsaw athletes World Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub