Frank Wieneke (born 31 January 1962 in

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) is a German

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ka and olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the half middleweight division at the

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."1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Judo"
(Retrieved on 15 July 2008) He is a member of

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Career

Among other accomplishments, Wieneke became an Olympic gold medalist in the

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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

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(

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) and twice runner-up in European championships. 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

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to a gold medal in the

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in Beijing. On 25 February 2018, at the occasion of the 2018 Düsseldorf Grand Slam Tournament, the

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publicly announced it had promoted Wieneke, at that point 56 years of age, to judo 8th dan black belt. On 31 December 2008 Frank Wieneke ended his eight-year stint as full-time coach to the German U23 National Team for the

. 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

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. In 2016, Mr. Wieneke was inducted into

. He lives together with his wife Marita and two children in the vicinity of Cologne.

Individual achievements as a competing judoka

* 1980 3rd place in the European U21 Championships in

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, -71 kg * 1981 2nd place in European U21 Championships in

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, -71 kg * 1983 Second place in the German Championships in

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, -78 kg * 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the

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, in the -78 kg * 1985 German Champion in

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, in the -78 kg * 1986 1st place in the

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, in the -78 kg * 1986 Champion in the Tournoi de Paris, in the -78 kg * 1986 International German Champion in Russelsheim, in the -78 kg * 1986 German Champion in

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, in the -78 kg * 1987 German Champion in

, in the -78 kg * 1988 German Champion in

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, in the -78 kg * 1988 Silver medalist in the

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, in the -78 kg * 1988 2nd place in the

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, in the -78 kg * 1989 2nd place in the

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, in the -78 kg * 1989 5th place in the

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, in the -78 kg * 1990 German Champion in

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, in the -78 kg

Achievements in team competition

* 1981 1st place European Cup Champions with

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* 1986 IJF International Team Cup Paris: Champion with the European Continental Team * 1987 2nd place Men's European Cup, Finals:

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vs. VfL Wolfsburg * 1988 2nd place Men's European Cup, Finals:

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vs. VfL Wolfsburg

Achievements as coach of the German national team

* 2001 Bronze medal in the

in Munich * 2003 2 Bronze medals in the

in Düsseldorf * 2003 Gold medal in the

in Osaka * 2004 Silver medal in the

in Bucharest * 2004 Bronze medal in the

in Athens * 2005 Gold medal in the

in Rotterdam * 2006 Gold and bronze medals in the

in Tampere * 2007 Bronze medal in

in Bucharest * 2008 Bronze medal in the

in Lisbon * 2008 Gold medal in the

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* 2008 Judo Coach of the Year

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wieneke, Frank 1962 births Living people German male judoka Olympic judoka for West Germany Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for West Germany Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Hanover 20th-century German sportsmen 21st-century German people