Petra Leidinger
Petra Leidinger (born February 5, 1966 ) is a former German shot putter .
In 1986 she became German indoor champion and fifth at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Madrid .
Shortly afterwards she ended her sporting career. In 1991, she publicly announced that she had been pressured by her trainer Franz-Josef Simon to take doping substances . The disgust for these practices and the side effects that she had noticed in herself had led her to quit. Simon and the former national coach Christian Gehrmann , who was also charged by Leidinger , were investigated for violating the Medicines Act , but the proceedings were discontinued due to the statute of limitations .
Petra Leidinger started for VT Zweibrücken.
Personal best
- Shot put: 18.32 m, September 1, 1985, Augsburg
- Hall: 18.87 m, February 8, 1986, Sindelfingen
Footnotes
- ↑ Suddenly incredibly aggressive . In: Der Spiegel . No. 22 , 1992, pp. 197-199 ( online ).
- ↑ Cycling4Fans: Doping: Trainer Christian Gehrmann . June 2009
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| SURNAME | Leidinger, Petra |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German shot putter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th February 1966 |