Doping im Behindertensport : Dopingkontrollaktivitäten bei den Paralympischen Spielen 1984–2008 und in Deutschland 1992–2008/ Mario Thevis, Peter Hemmersbach, Hans Geyer, Wilhelm Schänzer. – In: Medizinische Klinik, 12 (2009), vol. 104 (December), p. 918-924
Efforts in anti-doping fight regarding the Paralympic Games can be traced back to 1984, when the first doping controls were carried out, along with the founding of the International Paralympic Committee exactly 20 years (1989) ago which has strengthened the systematic and specific challenges and introduced adapted controls, particularly in the Paralympic Summer Games numerous findings of prohibited substances (essentially anabolic-androgenic steroids, diuretics, corticosteroids, and stimulants) were conducted. Germany systematically conducts doping tests since 1992 in the field of disabled sports, organized by the German Disabled Sports Association and the National Anti-Doping Agency. Here too numerous parallels regarding the doping offenses analysis results and for doping use convicted non-disabled athletes. This work shows the available numbers of inspections carried out at the Paralympic Summer and Winter Games and sports for the disabled in Germany with the specifics of doping controls, the sampling and the special doping measures against the so-called boostings are shown.
