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Manfred Ewald

German politician (1926–2002)

Summary

German politician (1926–2002)

Field	Value
name	Manfred Ewald
image	Bundesarchiv Bild 183-W1214-0016, Berlin, Auszeichnung 'DDR-Sportler des Jahres 1980 3.jpg
caption	Manfred Ewald, 1980
office1	President of the German Gymnastics and Sports Federation
term_start1	1961
term_end1	1988
predecessor1	Rudi Reichert
successor1	Klaus Eichler
office	President of the National Olympic Committee of East Germany
term_start	1973
term_end	1990
predecessor	Heinz Schöbel
successor	Günther Heinze
birth_date
birth_place	Podejuch, Weimar Germany (now part of Szczecin, Poland)
death_date
death_place	Damsdorf, Germany
awards	Order of Karl Marx
Olympic Order
Patriotic Order of Merit

Olympic Order Patriotic Order of Merit

Manfred Ewald (17 May 1926 – 21 October 2002) served as German Democratic Republic's (GDR) Minister of Sport (1961–1988) and president of his country's Olympic committee (1973–1990). He was convicted for his role in the state-sponsored system of the use of illicit performance-enhancing drugs that increased East Germany's Olympic successes from 1972–1988.

Life

Ewald was born in Podejuch, Province of Pomerania, Weimar Germany (now Podjuchy, Poland), he was a member of the Hitler Youth, the Nazi party and, after World War II, the Socialist Unity Party. He was captured by the Soviet Red Army in 1944.

He was awarded the Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1983.

In 1985, as president of the National Olympic Committee of East Germany, Ewald authored a letter to the IOC for the 90th IOC session being held in East Berlin that year.

Ewald defended his role in sports doping in his 1994 book, Ich war der Sport.

Doping

On 18 July 2000, in Berlin, Ewald and Dr. Manfred Höppner, East Germany's top sports doctor, were convicted as accessories to "intentional bodily harm of athletes, including minors." Both received probation. During the trial, Höppner testified that they had received approval from the highest level of government.

References

"Olympics | Olympic Games, Medals, Results, News | IOC".
Spitzer, Giselher. (2000-07-12). "Vom Alt-Nazi zum führenden SED-Funktionär". [[Die Welt]].
(2002-10-22). "Manfred Ewald ist tot". [[Der Spiegel]].
"Olympic Order (23rd IOA Session)".
http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1985/ore211/ore211f.pdf {{Bare URL PDF. (March 2022)

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