Andreas Krieger—who was Heidi Krieger before a 1997 sexual-reassignment surgery—has said that steroids are responsible for kick-starting changes in his gender, according to CNN.com.
As Heidi, Krieger won many medals in the 1980s as a shot-put champion for what was then East Germany. Krieger contended that the coaches gave him so many steroids that emotional and physical problems began. Krieger added, ‘I felt much more attracted to women and just felt like a man. But I knew I was not lesbian.’
Andreas Krieger is currently married and owns a business.