Pia Hoffmann

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Pia Hoffmann
Pia Hoffmann competing a side kick
Personal information
Born (2006-09-14) 14 September 2006 (age 17)
Bensheim, Germany
Sport
CountryGermany
SportTaekwondo
Event(s)Recognized Poomsae; Freestyle Poomsae
ClubTaekwondo Verein Bergstraße Bensheim e.V.
Coached byCarsten Gauger
Achievements and titles
Regional finals2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2023 Innsbruck
Medal record
Women’s Taekwondo
Representing  Germany
Senior
European Championships
Silver medal – second place Innsbruck 2023 Freestyle, team over 12
Junior
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place Innsbruck 2023 Poomsae, f under 17

Pia Hoffmann (born 14 September 2006) is a German taekwondo athlete and two-time European poomsae medalist.[1]

Career[edit]

Hoffmann started practising the Korean martial arts taekwondo in 2013 at the age of seven and trains at Bergstrasse Bensheim Taekwondo Club in Hessen, Germany.[2]

In 2019, Hoffmann took part in her first international competition, the Belgian Open Poomsae in Hasselt, where she took third place in the individual cadet competition in traditional poomsae.[3][4]

At the 2020 Online Poomsae World Championships, she reached the semi-finals with a seventh place in the preliminary round, but did not qualify for the next round due to placing tenth in the semi-finals. The competition was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6]

In 2022, she took part in the World Poomsae Championships in Goyang, where she placed fifth in traditional forms with the junior team.[7]

At cadet and junior level, Hoffmann became German champion four times, runner-up once, and bronze medallist once. She won her first German senior championship title with the freestyle team in 2022.[4]

At the 2023 European Poomsae Championships in Innsbruck, Hoffmann won a bronze medal in the individual junior competition and, as part of the mixed team (consisting of five team members, at least two men and two women), a silver medal in the seniors' freestyle competition alongside teammate Leah Lawall.[8][9]

In 2024, Hoffmann competed for the first time as an individual senior at the Bulgaria Open in Sofia and claimed the silver medal in the women's traditional poomsae competition.[4]

Personal life[edit]

Hoffmann lives with diabetes.[10]

Tournament record[edit]

Year Event Location G-Rank Discipline Place
2024 Bulgaria Open Bulgaria Sofia G-1 Poomsae Individual 2nd
2023 European Championships Austria Innsbruck G-4 Poomsae Individual 3rd
European Championships Austria Innsbruck G-4 Freestyle Team 2nd
French Open France Paris G-1 Freestyle Team 1st
French Open France Paris G-1 Poomsae Individual 3rd
German Open Germany Hamburg - Freestyle Team 1st
German Open Germany Hamburg - Poomsae Individual 1st
Swedish Open Sweden Stockholm G-1 Poomsae Individual 2nd
German Championships Germany Bautzen - Poomsae Individual 1st
2022 Swedish Open Sweden Stockholm G-2 Poomsae Individual 2nd
Portugal Open Portugal Portugal G-2 Poomsae Individual 2nd
Portugal Open Portugal Portugal G-2 Poomsae Team 1st
Danish Open Denmark Skanderborg G-2 Poomsae Individual 1st
Danish Open Denmark Skanderborg G-2 Poomsae Team 2nd
European Cup Sweden Stockholm G-2 Poomsae Individual 2nd
European Cup Sweden Stockholm G-2 Poomsae Team 1st
World Championships South Korea Goyang G-8 Poomsae Team 5th
German Championships Germany Gehrden - Poomsae Individual 2nd
German Championships Germany Gehrden - Poomsae Team 1st
German Championships Germany Gehrden - Freestyle Team 1st
2021 Belgian Open Belgium online G-2 Poomsae Individual 1st
Danish Open Denmark Skanderborg n. a. Poomsae Individual 1st
Danish Open Denmark Skanderborg n. a. Poomsae Team 1st
German Championships Germany online - Poomsae Individual 1st
2020 Austrian Open Austria Vienna n. a. Poomsae Individual 3rd
British Open United Kingdom London n. a. Poomsae Individual n. a.
World Championships South Korea online G-2 Poomsae Individual n. a.
German Open Germany Hamburg n. a. Poomsae Pair 3rd
2019 Belgian Open Belgium Hasselt n. a. Poomsae Individual 3rd
German Championships Germany Gehrden - Poomsae Individual 3rd

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Deutsche Taekwondo Union e.V.: Mitglied". www.dtu.de. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ "WM-Premiere im Nationalteam". www.bergstraesser-anzeiger.de (in German). 14 May 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Taekwondo-Poomsae-Turnier: Taekwondo-Club Hambrücken holt Medaillen beim Offenen Hessen-Cup Poomsae 2021". Wochenblatt Reporter (in German). 3 August 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Taekwondo Poomsae". Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. ^ "[World Taekwondo] Result_WT Open Individual [F] Cadet Preliminary". www.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  6. ^ "[World Taekwondo] Semifinal Results for Open Event Category". www.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  7. ^ http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/competition/view.html?nid=138810&mcd=J06&sc=re
  8. ^ https://europetaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/TalkFile_Day-3-freestyle-Poomsae-Medalstanding.pdf
  9. ^ Sibylle (26 November 2023). "Poomsae Europameisterschaft in Innsbruck/Österreich - Tag 2". Taekwondo Aktuell (in German). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  10. ^ Germany, hessenschau de, Frankfurt (10 April 2024). Pia Hoffmann aus Bensheim: Die Kampfkünstlerin | hessenschau Sport vom 10.04.2024 (in Deutsch). Retrieved 10 April 2024 – via www.hessenschau.de.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)