Wolfgang Hofmann

Wolfgang Hofmann (30 March 1941 – 12 March 2020)[1] was a West German judoka who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 1964, where he won the silver medal in the middleweight class representing the United Team of Germany.

Wolfgang Hofmann

Wolfgang Hofmann
Personal information
Born	(1941-03-30)30 March 1941 Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Nazi Germany
Died	12 March 2020(2020-03-12) (aged 78) Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Height	5-9.5 (177 cm)
Weight	176 lb (80 kg)
Sport
Country	GER Germany
Sport	Judo
Medal record Men's Judo Representing  Germany Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo middleweight

Hofmann was German champion 15 times and European champion three times. He was the holder of the 8th Dan, as well as being a lecturer for judo at the German Sport University in Cologne for many years. He further developed his skills during two language and study visits to Japan. He shaped the training and examination regulations of the German Judo Association (DJB).[1]

Hofmann published together with the Japanese Mahito Ohgo a standard book about judo, Judo - Basics of Tachi- Waza and Ne-Waza, in the early 1970s, writing in the foreword:

"Above all, judo means: practicing on the mat, moving, fighting with many partners, or, as the Japanese say, understanding with the body".[1]

Hofmann died on 12 March 2020 about two weeks shy of his 79th birthday.[1]