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{{Short description|American shot putter (born 1977)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
 | image             = 2014 DécaNation - Shot put 10a.jpg
 | image_size        = 250px
 | caption           = Hoffa in 2014
 | birth_name        = Maurice Antawn Chism
 | full_name         = Michael Reese Hoffa
 | nationality       = American
 | birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1977|10|8}}
 | birth_place       = [[Evans, Georgia]], U.S.
 | residence         = [[Athens, Georgia]], U.S.
 | height            = {{cvt|1.80|m|ftin|order=flip}}
 | weight            = {{cvt|147|kg|lb}}
 | country           = {{USA}}
 | sport             = Athletics
 | event             = Shot Put
 | club              = New York Athletic Club 
 | coach             = Don Babbitt 
 | worlds            = 
 | regionals         = 
 | nationals         = 
 | olympics          = 
 | highestranking    = 
 | pb                = {{convert|22.43|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
 | medaltemplates    = 
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[Olympic Games|2012 London]] | Shot put}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 Osaka]] | Shot put}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2006 Moscow]]|Shot put}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2004 Budapest]]|Shot put}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2008 Valencia]]|Shot put}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]] | [[Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games - Men's shot put|Shot put]]}}
 | updated           = August 6, 2012
}}

'''Michael Reese Hoffa''' (born ''Maurice Antawn Chism'';<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/25/AR2005062501011.html |title=A Lost Child Finds Himself in Adulthood |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=June 26, 2005 |access-date=February 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208023356/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/25/AR2005062501011.html |archive-date=2013-12-08 |url-status=live}}</ref> October 8, 1977 in [[Evans, Georgia]]) is an American [[shot putter]]. Reese won the shot put in the 2006 World Indoor Track and Field Championships and in the 2007 World Outdoor Championships. He also won the bronze medal at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London. His personal bests stand at {{convert|22.11|m|ftin|abbr=on}} indoor and {{convert|22.43|m|ftin|abbr=on}} outdoor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/reese-hoffa-136999 |title=ATHLETE PROFILE - REESE HOFFA |access-date=October 4, 2014 |website=IAAF.org |publisher=[[IAAF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002005557/http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/reese-hoffa-136999 |archive-date=October 2, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>  In 2012, he threw over 21 meters in competition for the 100th time, putting him in rarefied air in the throwing community. Hoffa was adopted at the age of four.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://adoption.about.com/od/adoptionissues/a/reesehoffa.htm |title=Olympic Athlete Reese Hoffa Shares His Adoption Story |website=adoption.about.com |access-date=2009-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601091032/http://adoption.about.com/od/adoptionissues/a/reesehoffa.htm |archive-date=2016-06-01 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==Career highlights==
[[File:Reese Hoffa 2010-06-04 Bislett Games - cropped.jpg|thumb|Hoffa in action at the 2010 [[Bislett Games]]]]

=== 1997–2003 ===
*1997
**5th at National Scholastics
*1998
**3rd at SEC Outdoors
**11th at NCAA Outdoors
*1999
**2nd at Southeastern Conference Champs
**11th at NCAA Outdoors
**8th at USA Outdoors
*2000
**6th at U.S. Olympic Trials in (18.95)
**2nd at NCAA Indoors (18.48)
**4th in SP at NCAA Outdoors (19.79)
**Ranked 5th in U.S; best of 19.79, 49.04 for [[discus throw|discus]]
*2001
**6th at USA Outdoors (19.95)
**3rd at NCAA Outdoors (19.93)
**SEC Outdoor champ
**9th at World University Games
**Ranked #6 in U.S. by Track & Field News; best of 20.22
*2002
**6th at USA Indoors (18.82m)
**6th at USA Outdoors (20.47m)
**Ranked #7 in U.S. by Track & Field News; best of 20.47m
*2003
**3rd at USA Outdoors (20.64m)
**1st at Pan American Games (20.95m)
**5th at USA Indoors (19.40m)
**2nd at Home Depot Invitational (20.90m)
**2nd at Stanford (20.65)
**Ranked #9 in world (#5 U.S.) by Track & Field News

[[File:Reese Hoffa Hengelo 2009.JPG|thumb|Hoffa at the 2009 [[FBK Games]]]]

===2004===
*Silver medalist at World Indoors (21.07m)
*2nd at Olympic Trials (21.14m)
*22nd in qualifying at Olympic Games (19.40m)
*Runner-up at USA Indoors (20.97m)
*3rd at Nike [[Prefontaine Classic]] (20.38m)
*1st at Atlanta (20.71m)
*2nd at Verizon [[Millrose Games]] (19.98m)
*2nd at Drake Relays SP (19.61m)
*2nd at Home Depot SP (21.67m)
*1st at Santiago SP (20.99m)
*1st in Atlanta SP (20.71m)
*Ranked #6 world (#3 U.S.) by Track & Field News; best of 21.67m

===2005===
*USA Indoors runner-up (21.74m)
*5th at USA Outdoors (20.90m)
*1st at Millrose Games (21.61m)
*1st at Doha (21.29m)
*Ranked #4 in world (#3 U.S.) by Track & Field News; best of 21.29m

===2006===
*World Indoor Champion (22.11m)
*USA Outdoor runner-up (21.96m)
*USA Indoor champion (21.61m)
*4th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (20.98m)
*Ranked #1 in world by Track & Field NEWS; best of 22.11m(i)

===2007===
*World champion (22.04m)
*USA Outdoor champion (21.47m)
*USA Indoor runner-up (21.21m)
*2nd at Millrose Games (21.75m)
*3rd at [[Adidas Track Classic]] (21.36m)
*1st at Alabama Relays (21.84m)
*2nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (21.65m)
*2nd at Madrid (20.81m)
*1st at Ostrava (21.77)
*1st at Doha (21.37m)
*1st at London (22.43)

===2008===
*World Indoor Silver Medalist (21.20m)
*Olympic Trials Champion (22.10m)
*6th at Olympic Games (20.53m)
*2nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (21.73m)
*1st at Reebok Grand Prix (21.29m)
*1st at Doha (21.48m)

===2009===
*4th at World Outdoors (21.28m)
*3rd at USA Outdoors (21.10m)
*1st at Nike Prefontaine Classic (21.89m)
*1st at Doha (21.64m)
*1st at Hengelo (21.59m)

===2010===
*USA Outdoor runner-up (21.33m)
*4th at USA Indoors (20.42m)
*2nd at Millrose Games (20.59m)
*1st in Brussels (22.16m)
*2nd at Bydgoszcz (20.97m)
*1st at Kentucky Invite (21.20m)
*1st at Bulldog Limited (21.14m)
*3rd at Doha (21.00m)
*4th at Oslo (20.69m)
*2nd at Drake Relays (20.56m)
*4th at Stockholm (20.68m)

===2011===
*3rd at USA Outdoors (21.86m)
*1st at Pre Classic (21.65m)
*1st at Monaco (21.25m)
*2nd at Doha (21.27m)
*3rd at Rome (21.13m)
*2nd at Drake Relays (20.93m)
*4th at Stockholm (20.91m)

===2012===
*1st at USA Outdoors (22.0m)
*3rd at Olympic Games in London (21.23m)

===2013===
*2nd at USA Outdoors (2013 (21.34m)
*4th at World Championships in Moscow
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