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Bärbel Wöckel, née Eckert (born 21 March 1955 in Leipzig) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.
She won four Olympic gold medals, two each in the 1976 and 1980 Olympics. In each of those years, Wöckel placed first in the 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres races.
She competed for the club SC Motor Jena during her active career.
The extraordinary performances of East German female athletes, aroused considerable suspicion at the time that they were achieved with the aid of anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs, which were and remain illegal but were not detectable at the time.
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Bärbel Wöckel, née Eckert (born 21 March 1955 in Leipzig) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.
She won four Olympic gold medals, two each in the 1976 and 1980 Olympics. In each of those years, Wöckel placed first in the 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres races.
She competed for the club SC Motor Jena during her active career.
The extraordinary performances of East German female athletes, aroused considerable suspicion at the time that they were achieved with the aid of anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs, which were and remain illegal but were not detectable at the time. In 1991 German anti drug activists Brigitte Berendonk and Werner Franke were able to save several doctoral theses and other documents written by scientists working for the East German drug research program. The documents list the dosage and timetables for the administration of anabolic steroids to many athletes of the former GDR. In a letter discovered by Franke, it was claimed by Marita Koch that Wöckel had been received extra doses of steroids, as she had a relative that worked in the distribution company.
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