Freya Hoffmeister (born 10 May 1964) is a German business owner and athlete who holds several sea kayaking endurance records.

Freya holds the fastest record for completing this trip [2] On 3 May 2015, she became the first person to solo circumnavigate the continent of South America.

[5] Hoffmeister owns a chain of seven franchise ice cream cafes, a salad bistro and a Christmas shop.

[7] She finished a solo unassisted circumnavigation of the South Island of New Zealand in January 2008, becoming the third person in 30 years to do so, competing with Barbro "Babs" Lindman of Sweden and Justine Curgenven of Wales to be the first woman to do so.

[15] Journalist Joe Glickman has documented Hoffmeister's Australian journey in his book Fearless: One Woman, One Kayak, One Continent which was released on 24 January 2012.

After another break, she began the third 8,000 km leg in September 2013, taking her past Suriname, Brazil and Uruguay returning to Buenos Aires in time to celebrate her 50th birthday on 10 May 2014.