Doctor Who Doped East German Swimmers Has Honor Removed

Former Senior Consultant to East Germany's national swimming association Lothar Kipke prior to the trial in a Berlin courtroom on Jan. 12, 2000. The doctor who ran a massive doping program to use steroids on East German swimmers in the 1970s and 1980s has had his award from the sport’s world governing body annulled. Lothar Kipke admitted in a Berlin court in 2000 that he helped design and run a doping system that helped the communist state win dozens of Olympic medals. Kipke was convicted 21 years ago on 58 counts of causing bodily harm. He was given a 15-month suspended jail sentence. (AP Photo/Fritz Reiss, File)

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By Associated Press

November 16, 2021 at 4:30 PM UTC

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Lausanne, Switzerland (AP) -- The doctor who ran a massive doping program to use steroids on East German swimmers in the 1970s and '80s had his award from the sport’s world governing body annulled on Tuesday.

Lothar Kipke admitted in a Berlin court in 2000 that he helped design and run a doping system that helped the communist state win dozens of Olympic medals.