11 Facts About Alexander Leipold

Alexander Leipold was runner-up in the European Junior Championships in 1985 and finished fifth in 1987.

Alexander Leipold won the European Espoir Championships in 1988, and finished sixth in the European Championships the same year before winning them in 1991,1995 and 1998.

Alexander Leipold was runner-up in 1997 and 2003, and third in 1994 and 1999.

Alexander Leipold won the World Espoir Championships in 1984 the World Championships in 1994, and was runner-up in 1995,1997 and 1999, and third in 1998.

Alexander Leipold then tested positive for norandrosterone and noretiocholanolone, which are used to prove the presence of the steroid nandrolone, and the gold medal was awarded to Slay.

Prince Alexandre de Merode, the chairman of the IOC medical commission, was quoted as saying that Alexander Leipold's sample showed 20 nanograms of nandrolone per milliliter of urine, whereas the limit was 2 nanograms per milliliter.

Alexander Leipold had a receipt for 50 milliliters of urine for the B sample, but the laboratory report stated that 85 milliliters had been tested.

Alexander Leipold appealed the decision of the IOC and his suspension from competition was reduced from two years to one year, and he was not required to pay the costs.

In 2003, Alexander Leipold suffered a heart attack during a competition in Tashkent and was paralysed on one side, and suffered a further two heart attacks, but recovered relatively quickly, so that he was able to continue wrestling.

Alexander Leipold studied and qualified in April 2009 for a trainer diploma at the Trainer Academy Cologne, and was German federal trainer for juniors in free style wrestling until 2015.

Alexander Leipold married Juliana Marx, and lives with his wife and two sons in Karlstein am Main.