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. According to Doping expert Wilhelm Schänzer the banned substance went into his involuntary. He further concluded that in former East Germany, athletes were attacked with these substances, it was an attack on him. After the ban, he came back in 2002, at the age of 37, and won another silver medal over 10,000 m at the European Championships in Munich. Baumann participated in the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris over 10,000 m but did not finish the race. He retired in late 2003. Personal life His daughter, Jackie Baumann, is a hurdler. External links Leverkusen who's who References 1965 births Living people People from Alb-Donau-Kreis Sportspeople from Tübingen (region) German male long-distance runners German male middle-distance runners German national athletics champions Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Doping cases in athletics German sportspeople in doping cases Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic athletes of Germany Olympic athletes of West Germany German masters athletes European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg