Alexander Leipold

Alexander Leipold
Leipold in 2012
Personal information
Birth nameAlexander Leipold
Nationality Germany
Born (1969-06-02) June 2, 1969 (age 55)
Alzenau, West Germany
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Country Germany
SportWrestling
Weight class74 kg
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2000 Sydney 76 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Istanbul 68 kg
Silver medal – second place 1999 Ankara 76 kg
Silver medal – second place 1997 Krasnoyarsk 76 kg
Silver medal – second place 1995 Atlanta 74 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Tehran 76 kg
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1999 Spokane 76 kg
Gold medal – first place 1998 Stillwater 76 kg
Gold medal – first place 1997 Stillwater 76 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Spokane 74 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bratislava 76 kg
Gold medal – first place 1995 Fribourg 74 kg
Gold medal – first place 1991 Stuttgart 74 kg
Silver medal – second place 2003 Riga 74 kg
Silver medal – second place 1997 Warsaw 76 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Minsk 76 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Rome 74 kg

Alexander Leipold (born 2 June 1969 in Alzenau in Unterfranken) is a German former freestyle wrestler who won the German Championships eleven times, the European Championships three times, the World Championships in 1994, and won the tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics but was later stripped of his gold medal for doping.[1]

  1. ^ MacNeil, John S. (2010). "GC/MS Drug Testers Face Olympian Challenge - Analytical chemists check athletes for more than 150 illegal substances". Today's Chemist at Work. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 20 August 2010.