Andreas Krieger (born 20 July 1966 in Berlin as Heidi Krieger) is a former German Shot Putter. July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... (help· info), IPA: , is the capital city as well as a state of Germany, and also the countrys largest city. ... Shot put The shot put is an athletics (track and field) event involving putting (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball, also called the shot, as far as possible. ...

Krieger competed as a woman in the East German athletics team. Like many prominent East German sportspeople at the time, Krieger was systematically doped with anabolic steroids. National motto: none Official languages German Capital East Berlin Largest city East Berlin Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 106th 108,333 km² Negligible Creation -Abolition 7 October 1949 3 October 1990 Currency East German mark Time zone  â€“ in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen Internet... Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. ... Doping drugs on display at The Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland In sports, doping refers to the use of performance-enhancing drugs, such as anabolic steroids, particularly those that are forbidden by the organizations that regulate competitions. ... Anabolic steroids are a class of natural and synthetic steroid hormones that promote cell growth and division, resulting in growth of muscle tissue and sometimes bone size and strength. ...

At the 1986 European Championships in Athletics, Krieger won the Gold medal for Shot Put. The 14th European Championships in Athletics. ...

In 1997 he underwent sex reassignment surgery and changed his name to Andreas. For more specialized articles on surgical procedures see Sex reassignment surgery male-to-female and Sex reassignment surgery female-to-male. ...

Krieger gave evidence at the trial of Manfred Ewald, leader of the East German sports program and Manfred Hoeppner, East German medical director in 2000. He testified that the drugs he had been given had contributed to his transsexuality. Both Ewald and Hoeppner were convicted of accessory to the intentional bodily harm of athletes. This article is about the year 2000. ...

The "Heidi Krieger Medal" (German: Heidi-Krieger-Medaille), named after Krieger, is now awarded annually to Germans who combat doping. Krieger's gold medal from 1986 forms part of the trophy.

References

• East German Steroids' Toll: 'They Killed Heidi' (New York Times)
• From gold medal to sex change (namibian.com.na)
• E. German Olympic Dopers Guilty (wired.com)
• Wonder Girls and Steroids