Alexander Leipold

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Alexander Leipold 2012
Alexander Leipold medal table

Wrestler

Germany
World Championship
gold 1994 Istanbul up to 68 kg
silver 1995 Atlanta up to 74 kg
silver 1997 Krasnoyarsk up to 76 kg
bronze 1998 Tehran up to 76 kg
silver 1999 Ankara {{{15}}}
European Championship
gold 1991 Stuttgart up to 74 kg
bronze 1994 Rome up to 74 kg
gold 1995 Friborg up to 74 kg
silver 1997 Warsaw up to 76 kg
gold 1998 Bratislava up to 76 kg
bronze 1999 Minsk up to 76 kg
silver 2003 Riga up to 74 kg
Junior World Championship "Espoirs"
gold 1988 Walbrzych up to 68 kg
gold 1989 Ulan-Baatar up to 74 kg
Junior World Championship "Juniors"
silver 1986 Schifferstadt up to 65 kg
Junior European Championship "Juniors"
silver 1985 Bologna up to 52 kg

Alexander Leipold (* 2. June 1969 in .. Alzenau i Ufr ) is a former German freestyle - Ringer and current coach. Leipold is a twenty-one German champion, four-time European champion and two-time world champion in freestyle wrestling. He may, after a still controversial doping verdict in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , the Gold Medal at him stripped was again winner of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney call, but does not contribute the official title of Olympic champion .

Life

Alexander Leipold completed his studies as a qualified trainer at the Trainer Academy in Cologne , which he graduated in April 2009. First he was the youth national coach for freestyle wrestling, then freestyle national coach for men. He resigned from this office in December 2012. He has been the trainer of the German wrestling league team KSV Ispringen since 2017 .

Due to a serious viral disease and the resulting overreaction of his immune system, Leipold suffered a stroke in July 2003 while on a competition trip to Uzbekistan , which was followed shortly afterwards by two more while being treated in Germany. However, he was able to recover relatively quickly from the temporary loss of ability to speak and move.

He currently lives separately from his wife and two sons in Karlstein am Main, Lower Franconia .

From 2014 to 2020 he was a member of the local council as a representative of the CSU .

Others

Alexander Leipold has supported the German Stroke Foundation as an ambassador for several years .

In spring 2014 Leipold took part in the seventh season of Let's Dance together with the professional dancer Oana Nechiti .

successes

  • 21 × German champions
  • 4 × European champions
  • 2 × world champions
  • 2000 Olympic Games Final Winner ( Sydney , Australia)
  • Masters World Champion 2005 (Tehran)

Doping affair at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney

Leipold won at the 2000 Olympics with a clear victory (4: 0) on the Americans Brandon Slay the gold medal . However, three days later he had to surrender the title of Olympic champion and the medal again, because ten times the permitted amount of the substance nandrolone was found in his blood. However, the proceedings against him came up with some inconsistencies:

  • During the test, the decisive B-sample contained 85 ml and thus 35 ml more than when only 50 ml were dispensed; after a related objection by Leipold, the rest of the sample remained undetectable.
  • The substance nandrolone in the determined concentration (one thousandth of a tablet ) would demonstrably not have brought Leipold any competitive advantages.
  • Nandrolone, a substance similar to testosterone , can also be produced naturally in the body even in higher concentrations. Leipold had previously suffered a testicle contusion in a competition . In this context, there were repeated general accusations that the maximum permitted value for nandrolone was set arbitrarily and was in no way related to the value at which the substance actually began to increase performance.

Nevertheless, Leipold was banned for a year in the last instance, but did not have to bear the costs of the procedure himself. Since his case hangs in the balance between a legally achieved sporting victory on the one hand and the condemnation by the sports umbrella organizations on the other, Leipold may today again legally call himself the winner of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , but for legal reasons he cannot bear the official title of Olympic Champion . The gold medal also remained in the possession of his American final opponent.

He was allowed to participate as national coach at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Honors

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander the Man. Alexander Leipold website, accessed on August 5, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Oliver and Karin Klemt: Last meeting for ten Karlstein council members. April 30, 2020, accessed May 1, 2020 .
  3. ↑ The struggle of his life. Der Tagesspiegel, accessed on August 5, 2019 .
  4. ↑ These are the pairings of the seventh season
  5. ^ Wrestling in the Leipold case. faz.net , January 28, 2001, accessed April 21, 2018 .
  6. ^ Augsburger Allgemeine: Wrestling trainer Alexander Leipold: His moving story from August 8, 2008
  7. ↑ deutschlandfunk.de: The lack of transparency of the DOSB Doping Commission of July 24, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Leipold, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd June 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Alzenau i. Lower Franconia