Career
He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Hofmann competed in the 100 metres. In the heats, he came in second out of five runners, qualifying for the final.
Hofmann also competed in the 400 metres.
He placed second in his preliminary heat, advancing to the final. There, he finished in fourth place.
In the high jump Hofmann placed last of the five athletes. His best jump was to 1.55 metres.
He also placed either sixth or seventh (with Khristos Zoumis of Greece taking the other place) in the triple jump, as well as in the bottom three of the seven man field in the shot put.
He also competed in three gymnastics events, rope climbing and the team parallel bars and horizontal Barometer Hofmann made it to 12.5 metres.