Bernd Grabsch

Bernd Grabsch is a German weightlifting trainer . He was a track and field trainer in the GDR and is the regional trainer of the Federal Association of German Weightlifters in Saxony .

Act

Grabsch, who was a weightlifting trainer during the GDR era, was heavily involved in anabolic steroids experiments on underage weightlifters in the 1980s as part of the Lathan series of experiments . Four of his former protégés, who later suffered from severe health disorders such as depression , acne , erectile dysfunction , kidney colic and gynecomastia , filed criminal charges against Grabsch on suspicion of bodily harm through doping in the early 1990s.

Grabsch now works as a regional trainer for the Federal Association of German Weightlifters (BVDG) in Saxony, again with young people, among other things. As a result of the report of the special doping test project group of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, it became known in August 2007 that a number of GDR trainers exposed to doping, among them Grabs, had benefited indirectly from public funding.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Frieder Pfeiffer: The heavy burden with the East system . The mirror . February 14, 2009. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
2. ↑ Dirty Careers - Der Spiegel, 43/2007, p. 84
3. ↑ Final report of the special doping test project group (PDF; 3.2 MB) Federal Ministry of the Interior . December 19, 2007. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 2, 2010. 
4. ↑ Stressed trainers and doctors should receive money from the BMI . Lausitzer Rundschau . October 22, 2007. Retrieved May 2, 2010.