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Frank Wieneke
Wieneke in 2011
Personal information
Born31 January 1962 (1962-01-31) (age 62)
Hannover, West Germany
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryWest Germany
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍78 kg
Rank     8th dan black belt[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesGold (1984)
World Champ.5th (1989)
European Champ.Gold (1986)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  West Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul ‍–‍78 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Belgrade ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 1988 Pamplona ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 1989 Helsinki ‍–‍78 kg
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 1981 San Marino ‍–‍71 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Lisbon ‍–‍71 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF53807
JudoInside.com4885
Updated on 6 June 2023.

Frank Wieneke (born 31 January 1962 in Hannover) is a German judoka and olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the half middleweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[2] He is a member of Germany's Sports Hall of Fame.[3]

Career

Among other accomplishments, Wieneke became an Olympic gold medalist in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and a silver medalist in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, both in the half-middleweight class. In addition, he was seven-time champion at the international or German national levels, and was once European champion (1986) and twice runner-up in European championships. Mr. Wieneke was a starter for VfL Wolfsburg, and during his career as a competing judoka, from 1979 to 1992, he was a member of the German National Team.

Since 2001, Frank Wieneke coached the German Olympic first team. He coached Ole Bischof to a gold medal in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. On 25 February 2018, at the occasion of the 2018 Düsseldorf Grand Slam Tournament, the German Judo Federation publicly announced it had promoted Wieneke, at that point 56 years of age, to judo 8th dan black belt.[4]

On 31 December 2008 Frank Wieneke ended his eight-year stint as full-time coach to the German National Team (Men under 23) for the German Judo Federation. From January 2009, he is scientific lecturer at the Coaching Academy in Cologne, responsible for the training and continuing training in the degreed trainer study track. Wieneke's successor coach of the German National Team is Detlef Ultsch. In 2016, Mr. Wieneke was inducted into Germany's Sports Hall of Fame. He lives together with his wife Marita and two children in the vicinity of Cologne.

Individual achievements as a competing judoka

Achievements in team competition

Achievements as coach of the German national team

References

  1. ^ "Frank Wieneke 8. Dan beim Lüner SV!" (in German). Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ^ "1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Judo" Archived 27 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 15 July 2008)
  3. ^ "Meldung 24 05 2016". www.hall-of-fame-sport.de. Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Fünfte Plätze für Samira Bouizgarne und Johannes Frey". Deutscher Judo Bund Aktuelles. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

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