Manfred Höppner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Manfred Höppner

German sports doctor

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1934

Place of Birth: Weinböhla, Saxony, Germany

Profession: sports physician

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Manfred Höppner

  • Manfred Höppner (born 16 April 1934 in Weinböhla, Nazi Germany), served as the German Democratic Republic's (GDR) top sports doctor.
  • He and Manfred Ewald, the GDR's minister of sport (1961–1988) and president of the country's Olympic committee from 1973 to 1990, are considered the architects of the GDR's state-sponsored system of the illicit use of performance-enhancing drugs, believed to account for the GDR's Olympic successes between 1972–1988.
  • Höppner allegedly had ties to the East German secret police, the Stasi.

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