Erik Hoffmann is a Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

n professional road bicycle racer. He was born in Windhoek

Windhoek

Windhoek is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level. The 2001 census determined Windhoek's population was 233,529...

. He moved to University of Stuttgart

University of Stuttgart

The University of Stuttgart is a university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized in 10 faculties....

, Germany in 2001 to study Electrical Engineering. During 2002 - 2004, he was part of Team Stuttgardia Stuttgart and ever since has been active in professional bicycle racing.

Palmarès

2003

All African Games, Road, Abuja, Nigeria

2004

1st, Nedbank Cycle Classic (NAM)

2005

3rd, Overall, Stuttgart-Strassburg

2006

1st, Günzach Allgäu

1st, Donnersbergkreis

Donnersbergkreis

The Donnersbergkreis is a district in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Bad Kreuznach, Alzey-Worms, Bad Dürkheim, Kaiserslautern, Kusel.-History:...

1st, GP Baden-Baden

1st, Ludwigsburg-Eglosheim

2007

National Road Championships

Circuito Montañés

Circuito Montañés

Circuito Montañés is a cycling stage race held annually in Cantabria, Spain. The editions 1986-1995 were reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour.-Winners:...

1st, Stage 1, El Astillero

3rd, Stage 6, Santo Toribio

, B World Championships, Cape Town

2008

2nd, Stage 3, Tour de Taiwan

Tour de Taiwan

Tour de Taiwan is a professional road bicycle racing event on the UCI Asia Tour. Tour de Taiwan was established by Giant Sports Foundation Founder King Liu in 1978...

, Baguashan

Tour of East Java

3rd, Stage 3, Batu

2nd, Stage 5, Surabaya

1st, Backnang-Waldrems

2nd, Overall, Tour de Korea

Tour de Korea

Tour de Corée is a cycling competition in South Korea and part of the UCI Asia Tour and sponsored by the Korea Cycling Federation.- History :...

2nd, Stage 1, Yamaga circuit

3rd, Stage 8, Yangyang

21nd Olympic Games Beijing

Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's road race

The men's road race, a part of the cycling events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, took place on August 9 at the Urban Road Cycling Course in Beijing. It started at 11:00 China Standard Time , and was scheduled to last until 17:30 later that day...

2009

, African Championships, Road Race, Namibia

, African Championships, Individual Time Trial, Namibia

External links

• External Link http://www.erik-hoffmann.com/