Leigh Hoffman

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Leigh Hoffman
Leigh Hoffman 2024.jpg
Hoffman in 2024
Personal information
Born (2000-06-11) 11 June 2000 (age 25)
Whyalla, South Australia
Team information
Discipline Track
RoleRider
Rider type Sprinter
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Team sprint
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Team sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Glasgow Team sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Ballerup Team sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Santiago Keirin
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2025 Santiago Team sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2025 Santiago Sprint
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team sprint

Leigh Hoffman (born 11 June 2000) is an Australian track cyclist. He is a multiple-time medal winner at international track cycling events, including a bronze medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in the team sprint, and gold medals in the team sprint at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and the 2022 World Championships, where he set a world best time for the opening lap from a standing start in the final.

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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] In that race, he set a world best time for the opening lap from a standing start in the final of 16.949 seconds. [6]

In August 2023, Hoffman, Richardson and Glaetzer won the silver medal at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the team sprint in Glasgow, Scotland. [7]

Alongside Richardson and Glaetzer, he won the bronze medal in the team sprint at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. After Richardson and Glaetzer left the Australian programme, Hoffman was a silver medalist later in the year at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, with Thomas Cornish and Ryan Elliott. Hoffman subsequently won the Australian individual track sprint national title. [8] [9]

In October 2025, Hoffman won a silver medal in the keirin at the 2025 World Championships in Santiago, Chile. [10] He also won a bronze medal in the team sprint alongside Ryan Elliott and Daniel Barber. [11] In the individual sprint, he defeated Jeffrey Hoogland and Nicholas Paul to win his third medal, and second bronze, at the Championships. [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Leigh Hoffman Results | Commonwealth Games Australia". commonwealthgames.com.au. 18 June 2022. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Leigh Hoffman". Australian Cycling. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "'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.
  5. ↑ "Australian men's cycling sprint team beats the Netherlands to win gold on opening day of world track championships". abc.net.au.
  6. ↑ "INTERVIEW: LEIGH HOFFMAN, THE FASTEST TEAM SPRINT STARTER IN THE WORLD". Ride Media. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "World Cycling Championships: Australian men take time trial silver in tight battle with the Netherlands". Abc.net.au. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  8. ↑ Smale, Simon (27 March 2025). "Australian cycling moves beyond Richardson drama with rising crop of stars shining at TrackNats". abc.net. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "NEW-LOOK AUSTRALIAN MEN'S TEAM SPRINT WIN SILVER AT TRACK WORLDS IN BALLERUP". australiancyclingteam.com. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  10. ↑ Vaughan, Roger (24 October 2025). "Aussies among the medals at world track cycling champs". Inkl.com. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  11. ↑ "Australia wins two team sprint bronze medals on opening day of Track World Championships". Olympics.com.au. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  12. ↑ Tyson, Jackie (26 October 2025). "Track World Championships: Harrie Lavreysen wins fourth gold medal in Chile and sets new career high of 20 titles". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
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