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German blood doping doctor sentenced to jail The first large-scale criminal trial since Germany introduced anti-doping legislation in 2015 has resulted in a prison term for a doctor from Erfurt. Mark S. said he was trying to protect the athletes he worked with and "never thought" he could end up in prison A court in Munich on Friday sentenced a German doctor at the center of an international blood-doping scandalto 4 years 10 months in prison. Dr. Mark S. was also given an additional ban from practicing medicine for a further three years after being found guilty of masterminding the doping r...

German doctor Mark Schmidt was convicted and sentenced to four years and 10 months in prison on Friday for his role as head of an international blood doping ring uncovered in the Operation Aderlass criminal investigation.

German doctor Schmidt jailed for role in blood doping scandal Friday, 15 January 2021 German doctor Mark Schmidt has been jailed for four years and eight months for running an international blood doping ring. Schmidt had been on trial in Munich alongside four co-defendants. He was found guilty of 24 counts of using doping methods and a further two counts of prohibited use of drugs, Agence France-Presse reported. Schmidt received an additional three-year ban from practicing medicine, as well as a fine of €158,000 (£140,000/$191,000). Prosecutors had requested a five-and-a-half-year prison...

Head of blood doping ring Mark Schmidt convicted, sentenced to prison MUNICH -- German doctor Mark Schmidt was convicted and sentenced to four years and 10 months in prison on Friday for his role as head of an international blood doping ring uncovered in the Operation Aderlass criminal investigation. The Munich regional court also banned the 42-year-old Schmidt from working for three years and convicted four accomplices, who received lesser sentences. The court considered it proven that Schmidt treated winter-sports athletes and cyclists with blood doping for years. In one case, he administer...

Jail term for blood doping doctor in ground-breaking 'Aderlass' trial Issued on: 15/01/2021 - 15:31 3 min Berlin (AFP) Senior figures in German sport on Friday welcomed the prison sentence handed to the doctor at the centre of the "Aderlass" international blood-doping trial in Munich after the first major test of Germany's anti-doping laws. Dr Mark Schmidt, 42, has been sentenced to four years, 10 months for masterminding an international blood doping ring between 2012 and 2019. "Finally we are seeing a verdict that includes draconian penalties for those cheating in sport," said Alfons Hoer...