Manfred Höppner

Manfred Höppner (born April 16, 1934 in Weinböhla ) is a German doctor who, as the Deputy Head of the Sports Medical Service of the GDR (SMD), was responsible for the state-prescribed compulsory doping in GDR competitive sports .

Life

Höppner went to school in Meißen and passed the Abitur there. From 1953 to 1958 he studied medicine at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig and became a specialist in sports medicine and specialist in social hygiene. In 1958 he received his doctorate. In 1963 he joined the SED . From 1964 to 1978 he was the association doctor of the GDR Athletics Association (DVfL), from 1978 to 1990 a member of the DVfL presidium and from 1967 to 1990 deputy director of the GDR's sports medicine service. From 1970 to 1991 he was a member of the Medical Committee of the International Athletics Federation.

As an unofficial employee with the code name "Technology", Höppner worked for the Ministry for State Security .

Forced doping system

For his central role in the forced doping system of the GDR, Höppner was sentenced in 2000 to a prison sentence of 18 months on probation for aiding and abetting bodily harm in twenty cases . Under his leadership, underage athletes received hormonal doping agents such as Oral-Turinabol, despite known health risks . After German reunification, Höppner was the most important informant for the investigators at the Central Registration Office for Government and Association Crime . Most of the charges go back to Höppner's statements.

literature

Volker Kluge : Manfred Höppner . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

Jutta Braun: The Stasi said: "The head has to go!" On the criminal and social reappraisal of the SED injustice in sport ( Memento from February 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Frank Bachner: Of all things, Chief Doper Manfred Höppner was the most important informant of the criminal police . In: tagesspiegel.de . April 28, 2000.

Individual evidence

↑ Cf. Udo Scheer : Take that, it's good for you - Ines Geipel accuses: Doping in the GDR , in: Die Welt from September 1, 2001, viewed on July 11, 2010.
↑ BGH, decision of February 9, 2000, Az. 5 StR 451/99, full text
^ Ines Geipel : Lost games: Journal of a doping process. Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-88747-160-1 , p. 152
^ Chronology of the Trial , Spiegel Online July 18, 2000
^ Eva A. Richter: Doping in the GDR: Only the medals counted. Deutsches Ärzteblatt 97, issue 30, July 28, 2000, page A-2014 / B-1702 / C-1598
^ Frank Bachner: Of all things, Chief Doper Manfred Höppner was the most important informant of the criminal police . In: tagesspiegel.de . April 28, 2000.

personal data
SURNAME	Höppner, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German doctor, deputy head of the GDR Sports Medical Service, unofficial employee of the GDR State Security
DATE OF BIRTH	April 16, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	Weinböhla

[1] Cf. Udo Scheer : Take that, it's good for you - Ines Geipel accuses: Doping in the GDR , in: Die Welt from September 1, 2001, viewed on July 11, 2010.

[2] BGH, decision of February 9, 2000, Az. 5 StR 451/99, full text

[3] Ines Geipel : Lost games: Journal of a doping process. Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-88747-160-1 , p. 152

[4] Chronology of the Trial , Spiegel Online July 18, 2000

[EAR-5] Eva A. Richter: Doping in the GDR: Only the medals counted. Deutsches Ärzteblatt 97, issue 30, July 28, 2000, page A-2014 / B-1702 / C-1598

[6] Frank Bachner: Of all things, Chief Doper Manfred Höppner was the most important informant of the criminal police . In: tagesspiegel.de . April 28, 2000.