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Ulf Hoffmann
Ulf Hoffmann (born 8 September 1961) is a retired German gymnast. He missed competing at the 1984 Summer Olympics due to the boycott by East Germany and took part in the Friendship Games instead, winning a silver medal in the team competition. He won an Olympic silver medal with the East German team at the 1988 Summer Olympics. His best individual result at those Games was 13th place on parallel bars. He won three bronze medal at the world championships in 1985 and 1987 (team) and European championships in 1985 (parallel bars). After retiring he moved to Basel, Switzerland where he coaches female gymnasts. His elder brother Lutz was also an Olympic gymnast.
Article summary
Ulf Hoffmann (born 8 September 1961) is a retired German gymnast. He missed competing at the 1984 Summer Olympics due to the boycott by East Germany and took part in the Friendship Games instead, winning a silver medal in the team competition. He won an Olympic silver medal with the East German team at the 1988 Summer Olympics. His best individual result at those Games was 13th place on parallel bars. He won three bronze medal at the world championships in 1985 and 1987 (team) and European championships in 1985 (parallel bars). After retiring he moved to Basel, Switzerland where he coaches female gymnasts. His elder brother Lutz was also an Olympic gymnast.
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- date of birth: 1961-09-08 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
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- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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