Photo Gallery Doping in the GDR
Andreas Krieger -- born Heidi Krieger --in the GDR in 1965.
Krieger won the gold medal at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart. As a young woman, she was accepted into the GDR's program for elite athletes and was given high dosages of Oral Turinabol.
By 1997, her body had undergone so many changes that she opted for gender-reassignment surgery and changed her name to Andreas.
In 2000, she gave evidence in the trial against East German sports chief Manfred Ewald and former sports doctor Manfred Höppner for their involvement in an alleged state doping program.
They were found guilty of causing indirect bodily harm to 20 elite athletes and given suspended sentences.
Anti-doping campaigner: Brigitte Berendonk represented both East and West Germany in her sport, discus throwing. Since the end of her career, she has worked tirelessly in the struggle against doping in sports.
Berendonk and her husband, Werner Franke, conducted research into the subject and exposed the GDR's involvement in doping athletes.
Currently a presenter for German public television channel ZDF, Kristin Otto was once an elite athlete in the GDR. The six-time gold-medal-winning swimmer has since been accused of taking performance-enhancing drugs.
Athletes Reunited: Gabriele Lippe (West Germany) and Ulf Timmerman (East Germany) at the closing ceremony of the 1990 European Athletics Championships in Split.
