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Frank Wieneke
	Wieneke in 2011
Personal information
Born	31 January 1962 (age 62); Hannover, West Germany
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	West Germany
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍78 kg
Rank	8th dan black belt
Club	VfL Wolfsburg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(1984)
World Champ.	5th (1989)
European Champ.	(1986)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing West Germany
Olympic Games
European Championships
European Junior Championships
Profile at external databases
IJF	53807
JudoInside.com	4885
	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.^[3] He is a member of Germany's Sports Hall of Fame.^[4]

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. 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.^[5]

On 31 December 2008 Frank Wieneke ended his eight-year stint as full-time coach to the German U23 National Team 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

1980 3rd place in the European U21 Championships in Lisbon, -71 kg
1981 2nd place in European U21 Championships in San Marino, -71 kg
1983 Second place in the German Championships in Würzburg, -78 kg
1984 Olympic gold medalist in the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, in the -78 kg
1985 German Champion in Frankenthal, in the -78 kg
1986 1st place in the European Championships in Belgrade, 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 Munich, in the -78 kg
1987 German Champion in Hannover, in the -78 kg
1988 German Champion in Duisburg, in the -78 kg
1988 Silver medalist in the Summer Olympics in Seoul, in the -78 kg
1988 2nd place in the European Championships in Pamplona, in the -78 kg
1989 2nd place in the European Championships in Helsinki, in the -78 kg
1989 5th place in the World Championships in Belgrade, in the -78 kg
1990 German Champion in Heilbronn, in the -78 kg

Achievements in team competition

1981 1st place European Cup Champions with VfL Wolfsburg^[2]
1986 IJF International Team Cup Paris: Champion with the European Continental Team^{[citation needed]}
1987 2nd place Men's European Cup, Finals: US Orleans vs. VfL Wolfsburg^[2]
1988 2nd place Men's European Cup, Finals: Racing Club de France vs. VfL Wolfsburg^[2]