Gerhard Steines
Gerhard Steines (also: Gerd Steines ; born August 17, 1947 ) is a former German shot putter and journalist .
Athletic career
At the European Athletics Indoor Championships he was eighth in San Sebastián in 1977 and fifth in Milan in 1978 .
In 1976 he was German champion, in 1973 runner-up. In the hall he became German champion in 1974, 1978 and 1979 and vice-champion in 1977.
Gerhard Steines initially started for TV 1847 Wetzlar, from 1974 to 1978 for TV Wattenscheid, 1979 for LG Frankfurt and finally for TSG Gießen-Wieseck (1980/81).
In 1986 he admitted in a newspaper article that he had been taking doping substances continuously from 1970 onwards . He sharply criticized sports officials and associations who “- all according to official statements, the most severe condemnants of anabolic steroids - issue funding and nomination criteria that they consider unattainable even without taking anabolic steroids”.
Journalistic activity
Gerhard Steines studied sport and German literature . Until September 2012 he was a member of the editor-in-chief of Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung , Alsfelder Allgemeine Zeitung and Wetterauer Zeitung. In retirement, he continues to write under the abbreviation gw in the sports column “Kickoff”. Steines is also the author of the self-deprecating gloss "My progressive old day" in the "Seniorenjournal" of the Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung. All of his columns are archived on the Internet as part of the “Sport, God & the World” blog.
Personal best
- Shot put: 20.12 m, July 30, 1975, Wetzlar
- Discus throw : 52.88 m, May 29, 1977, Dortmund
Publications
- Seaman's body. Detective novel. Prolibris-Verlag, Kassel 2008, ISBN 978-3935263627
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerhard Steines in the catalog of the German National Library
- "Sport, God & the World" , website by Gerhard Steines
- Doping demanded and promoted ( memento from November 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), interview with Thomas Hain on Mittelhessen.de, January 10, 2009
Footnotes
- ↑ The Confessions of the Shot Putter Gerd Steines. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . January 16, 1986; quoted from Cycling4Fans: Doping: Gerhard Steines, shot put . 2007/2011
- ↑ Own information from Gerhard Steines [1]
- ↑ Own information from Gerhard Steines [2]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steines, Gerhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steines, Gerd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German shot putter and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1947 |