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  Dieter Baumann
Dieter Baumann (born February 9, 1965) is a former German athlete, winner of 5000 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Born in Blaustein, Germany (then West Germany), Dieter Baumann was one of the few non-African athletes who were able to seriously challenge the African dominance of middle-distance running during the 1990s.
Baumann missed most of the 1990 season due to tendon trouble, but he returned in 1991 to finish fourth in the 5000 m at the World Championships in Tokyo.
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 Dieter Baumann   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dieter Baumann was one of the few non-African athletes who were able to seriously challenge the African dominance of middle-distance running during the 1990s.
Baumann was equally adept at both the 1500m and 5000m distances, and his progression in both events paralleled each other over the years.
Baumann missed most of the 1990 season due to tendon trouble, but he returned in 1991 to finish 4th in the 5000m at the World Championships in Tokyo.
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 Dieter Baumann Reports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Baumann, 34, faces a two-year suspension after the substance was detected in his urine during separate out-of-competition tests conducted Oct. 19 and Nov. 12.
Baumann's case, which shocked the German athletics establishment because of his strong anti-doping campaign, took an usual twist Friday when an investigation determined the nandrolone came from a tube of toothpaste.
Baumann, who won the Olympic title in 1992 and the European crown in 1994, is a popular figure in the country and has been an outspoken critic of doping.
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 India - Sports - Baumann Runs Despite International Ban   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Baumann was booed and jeered by the spectators during the race.
Baumann's wife and coach, Isabelle, said there were no plans for her husband to try to run in Lisbon.
After testing positive twice for the banned anabolic steroid Nandrolone, Baumann escaped a ban by the DLV when its legal panel ruled there was doubt he knowingly ingested the banned substance and that irregularities had surfaced in the collection, storage and transport of his urine samples.
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 Dieter Baumann - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the 5000 m final, Baumann was always well placed in the field, and used his trademark devastating kick to outsprint Rob Denmark of the UK in the final lap to win the gold medal.
Those defending Baumann have pointed to the fact that the levels of nandrolone found in his body were completely abnormal for any athlete wishing to enhance his performance.
Baumann's opponents argued that he had no conclusive proof for his version of the story and could not name a suspect.
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 Dieter Baumann   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dieter Baumann had been in awesome form during 1992, lowering his personal bests for the 1500m, 1 mile and 5000m, and winning the gold medal in the 5000m at the Olympic Games in Barcelona.
Dieter made a successful return to form in June 1994 at the European Cup in Birmingham, where he won the 5000m in 13min 48.95sec, which was just a prelude to his performance at the European Championships in Helsinki.
However, in the final held two days later, on 14 August, Baumann inexplicably lost contact with the leading group with three laps to go, and struggled home in 9th place in a time of 13min 39.98sec, nine seconds slower than he had run in his heat.
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 CNNSI.com - Athletics - Baumann offers a reward for toothpaste information - Wednesday January 12, 2000 03:23 PM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Baumann said he hoped he reward would help German police investigating the case gain more information in their effort to find out who put the banned steroid nandrolone in hi toothpaste.
The handling of the case has prompted protests, especially from East German athletes, who say Baumann is receiving the benefit of doubt denied other doping suspects because of his close contacts to the German track and field establishment.
Baumann, 34, is currently training in southern Portugal with a dozen other German athletes.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /athletics/news/2000/01/12/baumann_reward_ap   (372 words)

  
 Athletics: Baumann pleads sabotage in drug case defence
It was claimed in Germany yesterday that Baumann, the 1992 Olympic 5,000 metres champion, tested positive for nandrolone in tests in October and November because his toothpaste had been injected with the anabolic steroid.
Baumann has instructed Lehner to file legal proceedings against unknown parties, though the theory in Germany is that the sabotage was carried out by a rival.
Baumann's suspension came as a major blow to the sport in Germany, where the runner is a national hero.
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 ESPN.com - Baumann's suspension may be reduced
STUTTGART, Germany -- Dieter Baumann's drug suspension could be cut by a year when track's governing body meets in November, IAAF general secretary Istvan Gyulai said Wednesday.
Baumann, the 5,000-meter champion at the 1992 Olympics, tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone in October 1999, and was suspended for two years.
Baumann has unsuccessfully fought his suspension in German courts and with the IAAF.
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 News Article Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dieter Baumann failed to complete the Hamburg marathon in the race that marked his return to running after a two-year doping ban.
Dieter Baumann marathon debut in Hamburg will be his first major appearance since he tested positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone.
Baumann was banned from international competition after failing a drug test for a banned steriod in 1999.
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 CNN/SI - Athletics - Baumann insists he has never taken drugs - Sunday November 21, 1999 04:10 PM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
BERLIN (Reuters) -- Former Olympic champion Dieter Baumann, who has tested positive for nandrolone, said he was determined to prove his innocence.
Traces of nandrolone have already been found in sport drinks and food bars." Baumann, who was found to have levels of nandrolone 10 times over the accepted limit, was immediately suspended by the German Athletics Federation (DLV) and faces a two-year-ban.
"The profile of Dieter Baumann means a classical case of doping by nandrolone has to be ruled out," he said.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /athletics/news/1999/11/21/baumann_drugs   (424 words)

  
 Doping - der Fall Dieter Baumann
Baumann ist der Europäer, der zeigte, dass es möglich ist, die Afrikaner zu besiegen, was eine wichtige Lektion für die Jugend in Europa war.
Dieter wird in einem spannenden Spurtrennen Zweiter bei den Leichtathletik-Europameisterschaften in München.
Dieter Baumann tritt nach seinem Ausscheiden bei der Leichtathletik-WM in Paris vom Leistungssport zurück.
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 sport.iafrica.com | today's news Baumann announces retirement
Former Olympic champion Dieter Baumann has announced his retirement from athletics at the age of 38 after a frustrating showing in the 2003 World Championships in Paris.
Baumann pulled up in the men's 10 000 metre final frustrated at his lack of energy and has now hung up his running shoes to bring to an end a glittering career on the track.
Baumann served a two-year ban for testing positive for anabolic steroid nandrolone which ended in January last year.
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 Dieter Baumann Reports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Baumann, who now lives in Tubingen, Germany, added a 1994 European Championship in the 5000 to his 1992 Barcelona gold and became the first European to break 13:00 for 5000 meters.
It was there, recounts Baumann, that New York City Marathon Elite Athlete Coordinator David Monti told him, "if I'm thinking about a marathon, I should think about New York." As a young athlete, Baumann had trained in New Zealand and met Rod Dixon, and recalled Dixon's excruciatingly dramatic 1983 victory in New York.
In Hamburg, Baumann was in a second group still on pace for a 2:10 at 20 miles.
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 BBC SPORT | Athletics | Baumann retires from athletics
But Baumann, who won the 5,000m at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, has now called time on his running career, and scrapped plans to race in November's New York marathon.
Baumann, Germany's most vehement anti-drugs campaigner, claimed his toothpaste had been spiked with the drug.
Baumann, the first European to dip under 13 minutes for the 5,000m, will run his final race in Tubingen, Germany, on Sunday.
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 German Olympic champ suspended two years
 Baumann contended he was a target for tampering because of his past strong anti-doping remarks, which often were aimed at athletes from the former East Germany, according to Bret Walker, an Australian attorney and general counsel for the German federation.
However, Baumann's lawyer, Michael Lehner, said he may take the case to an IOC arbitration board in a last-ditch attempt to clear Baumann to run in Sydney.
Baumann reportedly was at a training site on South Stradbroke Island, off the coast of south Queensland, and was unavailable for comment.
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 The Hindu : Baumann loses another appeal in doping case
German prosecutors have dismissed claims of outside tampering in the doping case of former Olympic champion Dieter Baumann, dealing another blow to his hopes of avoiding a two-year suspension.
Baumann has been suspended from competing by the German Athletics Federation (DLV) in a case that shocked the country's track establishment and public, since he was a fervent campaigner against doping in the sport.
The institute, hired to check Baumann's toothpaste claims, said the container supposed to be the distance runner's A-sample from November 12 - the second time he was tested - came from an unknown source.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/06/01/stories/0701011d.htm   (280 words)

  
 Solidarität mit Dieter Baumann
Bei der EM in München und zuvor schon beim Leichtathletik-Hallen-Meeting in Dortmund zeigte Dieter Baumann auf eindrucksvolle Weise, dass er immer noch zu den besten Mittelstrecklern der Welt gehört.
Dieter Baumann verzichtete auf den Gang vor ein ordentliches australisches Gericht, da er den olympischen Frieden nicht stören wollte, und gab seine olympische Akkreditierung ab.
Wer von Dieter Baumann's Unschuld noch immer nicht überzeugt ist, der lese sein Buch "Lebenslauf".
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 BBC SPORT | Athletics | European Athletics | Baumann back where he belongs
To most British fans, Dieter Baumann's 10,000m silver medal at the European Championships on Wednesday is tarnished by his recent two-year ban for using banned steroids.
Baumann's positive test for nandrolone in out-of-competition samples in October and November 1999 was shocking for more than the usual reasons.
Baumann suggested that his stringent anti-drugs campaign had stirred passions, that someone had decided to take revenge.
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 rediff.com: Baumann plans to run marathon
Former Olympic 5,000 metres champion Dieter Baumann, whose doping case was referred to arbitration by athletics' world governing body last week, said he plans to run the marathon after the Sydney Olympics.
Baumann was cleared to run by the German athletics federation last June and now awaits the verdict of the International Amateur Athletic Federation's arbitration panel.
Baumann, who has been included in the German Olympic team, is free to compete in the meantime.
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 Dieter Baumann: Viele Informationen uber Dieter Baumann an omega.it
Baumann ist auch als Buchautor in Erscheinung getreten, dessen Veröffentlichungen sich aus dem Einerlei üblicher Sportlerbücher hervorheben.
Die besondere Tragik, dass Baumann als vorderster Kämpfer für Doping-Trainingskontrollen ausgerechnet zum spektakulärsten deutschen Dopingfall seit Katrin Krabbe wurde, gibt der Biographie des Sportlers streckenweise eine Dramatik, die der Läufer in seinen Bekenntnissen zu verarbeiten weiß.
Dieter Baumann wurde von seiner Ehefrau Isabelle (geborene Hosang) trainiert.
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 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
Berlin, Germany - Dieter Baumann the 38-year-old 1992 Olympic champion and 1988 silver medallist at 5000m unexpectedly announced the end of his career last weekend.
Baumann competed in a 7.5 k road race in his home town Tübingen near Stuttgart, finishing fifth in 22:01 minutes.
It was a year ago when Dieter Baumann stated in an interview: “It would be a dream to run the Olympic marathon in Athens as the very last race of my career — without any expectations concerning the medals.
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 SCC-EVENTS.com > NEWS > Article
Dieter Baumann, with one gold and one silver medal, is the leading figure among the German 5000m runners.
On the final lap, Dieter Baumann was locked in between the Kenyans and Ethiopians, the “worst position for the final sprint“, wrote ”Leichtathletik“, “but luck was with him.
In Atlanta, Dieter Baumann was not able to enhance his collection of medals with a bronze, coming in a close 4th.
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 ESPN.com - OLY - Court delays ruling on Baumann
A state court Wednesday issued the delay regarding Baumann's petition to compete in the Hamburg Marathon on April 22.
Baumann, the 1992 Olympic 5,000 meter champion, was suspended after testing positive for the banned steroid nandrolone in 1999.
Baumann has defended his decision to purse his case in court.
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 apneaplanet
Dieter was the first, then Christian and at least in the last start group Herbert.
Dieter gave a low announcement for his time, so he had to compete first and was finished and could take care of Christian and Herbert.
Dieter tells Herbert immediately that the attempt probably will not be valid because of a small loss of motor control but everybody in the hall, especially the press acts like crazy.
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 rediff.com: German runner Baumann banned for two years
Former Olympic 5,000 metres champion Dieter Baumann of Germany was banned for two years on Monday after failing a drugs test.
Baumann, 35, tested positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone last November but was exonerated by the German federation after claiming his toothpaste had been spiked.
Reineri said the panel concluded Baumann had committed a doping offence.
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 idw - Olympiasieger Dieter Baumann zieht Zwischenbilanz
Es ist das erste Mal, dass Dieter Baumann einen geschlossenen Vortrag mit Reflexionen über seinen Fall und die daraus zu ziehenden sportpolitischen Konsequenzen hält. Er tut dies zu einem Zeitpunkt, da die Verbandgerichtsbarkeit - der Rechtsausschuss des Deutschen Leichtathletikverbandes (DLV) - die Sperrentscheidung der IAAF zwar für rechtswidrig erklärt, aber nicht mehr selbst weiterhelfen kann.
Die Aktivitäten von Dieter Baumann sind eingebunden in ein sportstrafrechtliches Seminar an der Universität Marburg, das das Problem der Anti-Doping-Bekämpfung grundlegend von der Ursache des Doping bis zu rechtlichen Reformfragen behandelt.
Da Dieter Baumann sich sicher ist, dass er sich keine unerlaubten Dopingmittel zugeführt hat, gibt es für ihn von Anfang an bis heute nur den Weg, seine Unschuld zu beweisen.
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 The Scotsman - Sport - Baumann reaches final finish line   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
GERMAN distance runner Dieter Baumann, whose turbulent career features an Olympic title and a doping ban, said yesterday that he was retiring from athletics.
Baumann, who won 5,000 metres gold at the 1992 Barcelona Games, tested positive twice for the anabolic steroid nandrolone in 1999.
Baumann missed the 2000 Olympics in Sydney because of a two-year ban imposed as a result.
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 Baumann cleared of doping
 Baumann, preparing for the Olympic games with altitude training in Switzerland, said the ruling was vindication for his campaign to clear his name since being suspended on Nov. 19.
 Baumann's lawyer said the IAAF will not overturn the legal panel's decision and threatened to slap the German Athletics Federation with a multimillion mark lawsuit.
 At one point, Baumann claimed his toothpaste had been spiked with nandrolone, but a German state court threw the matter out, saying there was no proof of outside tampering in his case.
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