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| Born | 14 September 2006 Bensheim, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Recognized Poomsae; Freestyle Poomsae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Taekwondo Verein Bergstraße Bensheim e.V. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Carsten Gauger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Pia Hoffmann (born 14 September 2006) is a German taekwondo poomsae athlete and two-time European medalist. [1]
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 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 with Ana Catalina Pohl and Helena Silberhorn in the junior's traditional forms team competition. [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 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 teammates Ana Catalina Pohl and 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]
| Year | Event | Location | G-Rank | Discipline | Place |
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| 2024 | Austrian Open |  Vienna | G-1 | Freestyle Team | 1st |
| Danish Open |  Skanderborg | - | Poomsae Individual | 2nd | |
| Bulgaria Open |  Sofia | G-1 | Poomsae Individual | 2nd | |
| 2023 | European Championships | Innsbruck | G-4 | Poomsae Individual | 3rd |
| European Championships | Innsbruck | G-4 | Freestyle Team | 2nd | |
| French Open |  Paris | G-1 | Freestyle Team | 1st | |
| French Open | Paris | G-1 | Poomsae Individual | 3rd | |
| German Open |  Hamburg | - | Freestyle Team | 1st | |
| German Open | Hamburg | - | Poomsae Individual | 1st | |
| Swedish Open |  Stockholm | G-1 | Poomsae Individual | 2nd | |
| 2022 | Swedish Open | Stockholm | G-2 | Poomsae Individual | 2nd |
| Portugal Open |  Portugal | G-2 | Poomsae Individual | 2nd | |
| Portugal Open | Portugal | G-2 | Poomsae Team | 1st | |
| Danish Open | Skanderborg | - | Poomsae Individual | 1st | |
| Danish Open | Skanderborg | - | Poomsae Team | 2nd | |
| European Cup | Stockholm | G-2 | Poomsae Individual | 2nd | |
| European Cup | Stockholm | G-2 | Poomsae Team | 1st | |
| 2021 | Belgian Open |  online | G-2 | Poomsae Individual | 1st |
| Danish Open | Skanderborg | n. a. | Poomsae Individual | 1st | |
| Danish Open | Skanderborg | n. a. | Poomsae Team | 1st | |
| 2020 | Austrian Open | Vienna | n. a. | Poomsae Individual | 3rd |
| German Open | Hamburg | n. a. | Poomsae Pair | 3rd | |
| 2019 | Belgian Open | Hasselt | n. a. | Poomsae Individual | 3rd |
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