Christian Henn

Christian Henn (2006)

Christian Henn (born March 11, 1964 in Heidelberg ) is a former German cyclist .

Career

The bronze medalist of the road race at the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 then rode for many years for the German cycling team Team Telekom and took part in the Tour de France several times , in which in 1996 just missed a stage win in a two-man leading group. In 1996 Henn became German road champion . In 1997 he won the Bayern and Hessen tours .

Until the end of 2008, Henn worked in the team management of the Gerolsteiner cycling team, which has since been dissolved. After that he was one of the sporting directors at Team Milram until it was dissolved at the end of 2010. He lives in his home town of Wieblingen , a district of Heidelberg .

In his amateur days, Henn was already an excellent stage driver. He won such important races as the Hessen Tour (1986) and the Rhineland-Palatinate Tour (1988).

doping

Because of doping ( testosterone ) he was noticed in 1999 as a driver for Team Telekom. The increased testosterone level allegedly came about by taking a herbal mix recommended by his father-in-law, which was supposed to fulfill a previously unfulfilled desire to have children, which was also achieved. Henn was banned for six months and then ended his career as an active racing driver.

As Hans-Michael Holczer made known on May 22, 2007 , Henn confessed to having doped with EPO between 1995 and 1999 . Henn's ex-team-mate Bert Dietz had previously confessed to doping. Confessions from Udo Bölts , Erik Zabel , Rolf Aldag and Bjarne Riis followed later .

Web links

• Christian Henn in the database of Radsportseiten.net