Manfred Ewald

Manfred Ewald
Born	May 17, 1926(1926-05-17) Podejuch [1], Germany (now part of Szczecin, Poland)
Died	October 21, 2002(2002-10-21) (aged 76) Damsdorf

Manfred Ewald (May 17, 1926 – October 21, 2002) served as German Democratic Republic's (GDR) minister of sport (1961–1988) and president of his country's Olympic committee^[2] (1973–1990). However, he is best known for his role as the architect^{[citation needed]} of his East Germany's state-sponsored system of using illicit performance-enhancing drugs to turn his country into an Olympic powerhouse between 1972 and 1988.

Doping scandal

On July 18, 2000, in Berlin, both Ewald and Dr. Manfred Hoeppner, who served as East Germany's top sports doctor, were convicted of being accessories to "intentional bodily harm of athletes, including minors." Both received probation. During the trial Dr. Hoeppner testified that they had approval from the highest level of the government of the GDR. Ewald had earlier defended his role in sports doping in his 1994 book "Ich war der Sport".

Noteworthy

• Member of the Hitler Youth.
• Member of the Nazi party.^{[citation needed]}
• Captured by the Red army, 1944.
• Member of the Socialist Unity Party (A.K.A. the Communist Party).
• Awarded the Olympic Order by the IOC in 1985.
• Author of "Ich war der Sport" (1994), wherein he defended his role in sports doping.
• Authored a letter as President of the National Olympic Committee of the GDR to the IOC for the 1992 Games.^[3]

External links

• The (London)Independent
• Britannica Online Encyclopedia
• The Guardian UK
• The LA Times
• [1]

References

1. ^ http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=71324
2. ^ http://www.olympic.org/
3. ^ http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1985/ore211/ore211f.pdf

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Name	Ewald, Manfred
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Date of birth	May 17, 1926
Place of birth	Podejuch , Germany (now part of Szczecin, Poland)
Date of death	October 21, 2002
Place of death	Damsdorf