OLYMPIC MOVEMENT PAYS TRIBUTE TO PAUL HOFFMAN

MBABANE – Condolences are already pouring in for late two times weightlifting Olympian Paul Hoffman, the Olympic Movement being the first.

Hoffman died aged 62 and was once General Secretary of the Weightlifting and Bodybuilding Association of Swaziland. Through its Secretary General Muriel Hofer, the Swaziland Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (SOCGA) extended its sincere condolences to Hoffman’s family.

Hoffman participated in the 1984 Los Angeles Games and the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. He was an active member of the Weightlifting Association for a number of years in the positions of General Secretary and Vice-President.

SOCGA) is an active and contributing member of sports development in Swaziland and believes that it will be able to blend sports with culture and education to promote Olympism, cultivate ethical and moral values, foster friendship and contribute to nation building. The role of the Olympic movement is to promote the development of those physical and moral values forming the basis of sport.

Hoffman’s tragic passing was confirmed by his sister after being attacked in Fonteyn, in the outskirts of Mbabane. Details of his funeral are yet to be communicated.

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