Leigh Hoffman
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Born | (2000-06-11) 11 June 2000 (age 24) Whyalla, South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leigh Hoffman (born 11 June 2000) is an Australian track cyclist.
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.[1]
Career
Hoffman was a gold medalist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the men’s team sprint competition alongside Matthew Richardson and Matthew Glaetzer.[2] Prior to this, he had won the team sprint at the UCI Track Nations Cup in Glasgow.[3][4] In October 2022 at the World Championships held at the Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome, France, Hoffman won gold in the team sprint as Australia defeated the three-time defending champions Netherlands in the final.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "SASI - Young SASI cycling star's loving life in the big smoke". www.sasi.sa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Leigh Hoffman Results | Commonwealth Games Australia". commonwealthgames.com.au. 18 June 2022. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Leigh Hoffman". Australian Cycling. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "'Could Not Have Dreamt Of A Better Day': Australia Win Team Sprint Gold At UCI Track Nations Cup". Australian Cycling. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Australian men's cycling sprint team beats the Netherlands to win gold on opening day of world track championships". abc.net.au.
External links
- Leigh Hoffman at Cycling Archives
- Leigh Hoffman at CycleBase
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- 1995: Germany (Jens Fiedler, Michael Hübner, Jan van Eijden)
- 1996: Australia (Darryn Hill, Shane Kelly, Gary Neiwand)
- 1997–98: France (Vincent Le Quellec, Florian Rousseau, Arnaud Tournant)
- 1999–2001: France (Laurent Gané, Florian Rousseau, Arnaud Tournant)
- 2002: Great Britain (Chris Hoy, Craig MacLean, Jamie Staff)
- 2003: Germany (Carsten Bergemann, Jens Fiedler, René Wolff)
- 2004: France (Mickaël Bourgain, Laurent Gané, Arnaud Tournant)
- 2005: Great Britain (Chris Hoy, Jamie Staff, Jason Queally)
- 2006–07: France (Grégory Baugé, Mickaël Bourgain, Arnaud Tournant)
- 2008: France (Grégory Baugé, Kévin Sireau, Arnaud Tournant)
- 2009: France (Grégory Baugé, Mickaël Bourgain, Kévin Sireau)
- 2010: Germany (Robert Förstemann, Maximilian Levy, Stefan Nimke)
- 2011: Germany (René Enders, Maximilian Levy, Stefan Nimke)
- 2012: Australia (Shane Perkins, Scott Sunderland, Matthew Glaetzer)
- 2013: Germany (René Enders, Stefan Bötticher, Maximilian Levy)
- 2014: New Zealand (Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster, Edward Dawkins)
- 2015: France (Grégory Baugé, Michaël D'Almeida, Kévin Sireau)
- 2016–17: New Zealand (Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster, Edward Dawkins)
- 2018: Netherlands (Nils van 't Hoenderdaal, Harrie Lavreysen, Jeffrey Hoogland, Matthijs Büchli)
- 2019–20: Netherlands (Roy van den Berg, Harrie Lavreysen, Jeffrey Hoogland, Matthijs Büchli)
- 2021: Netherlands (Roy van den Berg, Harrie Lavreysen, Jeffrey Hoogland)
- 2022: Australia (Leigh Hoffman, Matthew Richardson, Matthew Glaetzer)
- 2023: Netherlands (Roy van den Berg, Harrie Lavreysen, Jeffrey Hoogland)