Alexander Leipold
Alexander Leipold was born in Alzenau, Bavaria, Germany on June 2nd, 1969 and is the Wrestler. At the age of 54, Alexander Leipold biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Alexander Leipold (born 2 June 1969 in Alzenau, Germany) is a retired freestyle wrestler who competed eleven times, appeared in the European Championships three times, the World Championships three times, and the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified for doping.
Personal life
He married Juliana Marx and lives in Karlstein, Germany, with his wife and two sons.
Wrestling career
Leipold won the German Junior Championships in freestyle wrestling in 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, and 1989, and he was runner-up in 1987. He won in 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2005, and 2005, finishing third in 1994 and fifth in 1993.
In 1985, he finished second and 1989 in the European Junior Championships and was runner-up. He won the European Espoir Championships in 1988 and finished sixth in the European Championships the year before winning them in 1991, 1995, and 1998. He was the runner-up in 1997 and 2003, and third in 1994 and 1999.
In 1984, he first appeared in the World Espoir Championships, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 1998, and 1998, third.
He finished seventh in 1988, his ninth appearance in 1992, and fifth in 1996 Olympics.
He won the freestyle tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics, defeating Brandon Slay 4–0. The gold medal was awarded to Slay after Leipold tested positive for norandrosterone and nothiolone, which are used to establish the presence of the steroid nandrolone. Prince Alexandre de Merode, chairman of the IOC medical commission, was quoted as saying that Leipold's test contained 20 nanograms of nandrolone per milliliter of urine, despite the fact that the sample contained only 2 nanograms per milliliter.
The German Wrestling Federation suspended Leipold for two years, but the suspension was lifted because the federation had taken longer than seven days to announce their decision.
For the B sample, Leipold had a receipt for 50 milliliters of urine, but the laboratory report said that 85 milliliters had been tested. He appealed the IOC's decision, and his suspension from participation was reduced from two years to one year, but he was not expected to pay the fees.
The Mongolian Oyunbileg Purevbaata, another freestyle wrestler, failed a doping test at the same Olympics.
Leipold suffered a heart attack during a tournament in Tashkent in 2003 and was paralysed on one side, but recovered quickly enough to continue wrestling.