Manfred Ewald

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Manfred Ewald
Manfred Ewald, 1980
President of the National Olympic Committee of East Germany
In office 1973–1990
Preceded by	Heinz Schöbel
Succeeded by	Günther Heinze
President of the German Gymnastics and Sports Federation
In office 1961–1988
Preceded by	Rudi Reichert
Succeeded by	Klaus Eichler
Personal details
Born	(1926-05-17)17 May 1926 Weimar Germany (now part of Szczecin, Poland)
Died	21 October 2002(2002-10-21) (aged 76) Damsdorf, Germany
Awards	Order of Karl Marx Olympic Order Patriotic Order of Merit

Manfred Ewald (17 May 1926 – 21 October 2002) served as

that increased East Germany's Olympic successes from 1972–1988.

Life

Ewald was born in

He was awarded the Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1983.^[4]

In 1985, as president of the National Olympic Committee of East Germany, Ewald authored a letter to the IOC for the 90th IOC session being held in East Berlin that year.^[5]

Ewald defended his role in sports doping in his 1994 book, Ich war der Sport.

Doping

On 18 July 2000, in Berlin, Ewald and Dr. Manfred Höppner, East Germany's top sports doctor, were convicted as accessories to "intentional bodily harm of athletes, including minors." Both received probation. During the trial, Höppner testified that they had received approval from the highest level of government.

References

External links

• The (London) Independent
• Britannica Online Encyclopedia
• The Guardian UK
• The LA Times
• "Fistic Medicine: The Benefit & Cost of Steroids" by Matt Pitt