Cika wannan jumla: A watan Janairun 1980, Hoffmann ya zama na biyu a Cousins a Gasar Turai a Gothenburg. An gudanar da wasannin Olympics na hunturu na 1980 a watan Fabrairu a Lake Placid, New York. A wasansa na Olympics na huɗu, Hoffmann ya zama na farko a cikin adadi, na biyu a cikin gajeren lokaci, kuma na biyu a cikin kyauta, ya lashe lambar azurfa a bayan Cousins da kuma gaban Charles Tickner na Amurka. A waɗannan Wasannin, ya zama mutum na farko da ya sauka sau uku a cikin wasannin Olympics. Ya ƙare aikinsa a watan Maris a
Gasar cin Kofin Duniya ta 1980 a Dortmund. Ya kasance na farko a cikin lambobi kuma na biyu a sassan biyu masu zuwa, ya gama gaban Cousins da Tickner kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta duniya ta biyu.