Was Alex Schwazer's life in danger?

In his book entitled “The Goal in Sight” says the 2008 Olympic champion and convicts doping offenders in detail from his life - from his beginnings as a young ice hockey player to the grueling attempt to prove his innocence in international courts. As part of the book presentation, Schwazer also spoke about the danger of being targeted by criminal activity.

“The intention to eliminate me was purely sporting,” said Schwazer and added: “At least as far as I can assess.” This refers to the year 2016, when Schwazer was supposedly eliminated for the second time in his career immediately before the Olympics in Rio because of something doping offense was taken out of circulation. The walker from Kalch and his trainer Sandro Donati immediately rejected all accusations, and the Bolzano regional court later came to the conclusion in evidence preservation proceedings that the urine sample from 2016 must have been manipulated. However, Schwazer is still blocked today.

For years, Dr. Gerhard Brandstätter and his team of lawyers bring light into the darkness. They are sure that Schwazer was deliberately sidelined to discredit Donati. He was internationally respected as a doping fighter and was partly responsible for systematic doping being exposed in Russia. “The whole thing wasn’t that safe” Attorney Dr. Gerhard Brandstätter “It was not for nothing that there was special police protection for Donati. “First and foremost, he was the goal,” Brandstätter said at the book launch. At the same time, the lawyer also admitted that even his law firm had received threats as Schwazer's defense. “The whole thing wasn’t that safe,” said Brandstätter. This was a group of people who wanted to protect Russia and at the same time cover up doping.

Manager Giulia Mancini, Alex Schwazer and lawyer Gerhard Brandstätter at the book launch.

Schwazer himself now says, looking back: “I don’t want to worry my wife or anyone else around me. These are things from my past and I'm glad to have left them behind me." While the now 37-year-old said these sentences on Wednesday in the Hotel Laurin, he kept looking down at the autobiography that he was holding tightly in his hands held. “That's what this book is about, about falling and getting back up. I want to help young athletes overcome difficult situations.” Schwazer noted that he is at peace with himself, even when he talks about guilt and regret, despair and hope, but also about ruthless machinations and dangers from outside.

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Was Alex Schwazer's life in danger?

On Wednesday, Alex Schwazer presented his new autobiography at a press conference. Spicy details from the time immediately after his alleged doping conviction became known.

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