Christian Hoffmann

Christian Hoffmann (born 22 December 1974 in Aigen im Mühlkreis) is an Austrian former cross-country skier who began competing in 1994. He was banned for 6 years in 2011 for blood doping. He won the bronze medal in the 50 km at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Four years later at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Hoffmann finished second in the 30 km freestyle mass start event to Spain's Johann Mühlegg, but was awarded the gold medal in 2004 upon Mühlegg's blood-doping disqualification of darbepoetin.

Hoffmann's best individual finish's were all likely chemically enhanced. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships he was fifth in the 50 km in 2001. He also won gold in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Ramsau.

Hoffman also won two World Cup events in his career (10 km: 2003, 30 km: 2004). He and fellow skier Mikhail Botvinov also encountered controversy regarding blood doping in 2002, though both were cleared by the IOC on 9 April 2002. In July 2012 the Austrian Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) gave Hoffman a two-year ban for violation of anti-doping-guidelines.

Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km relay 1998 23 — — — Bronze 9 2002 27 — — Gold — — 4

World Championships 1 medal – (1 gold) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 1997 22 — 22 — 13 1999 24 — — 7 — Gold 2001 26 — — — 5 — 5 2003 28 — — — 10 — 2005 30 — — — 5 — 2007 32 16 — — — — 2009 34 — — 24 — — —

World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 1995 20 1996 21 53 1997 22 33 31 32 1998 23 24 48 20 1999 24 15 14 6 2000 25 20 48 7 34 2001 26 19 30 2002 27 28 63 2003 28 33 2004 29 24 17 — 2005 30 23 12 — 2006 31 56 36 — 2007 32 34 18 32 2008 33 32 22 96 17 18 2009 34 77 46 — — 2010 35 — — —

Individual podiums 2 victories – (2 ) 20 podiums – (19 , 1 )

Team podiums 3 victories – (3 ) 7 podiums – (7 )

Note: Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.